Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally
Interdisciplinary study involving researchers from Mainz University connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global [...]
Environment
What’s in it for me? People more likely to help the environment when it benefits them
Framing cleanup efforts as a way to meet people, exercise can boost pro-environmental behaviors. People might [...]
Study shows ‘summer of the century’ characterised by late-onset heat and drought under current climate conditions
The summers of recent years have been hot, but not unusual from a meteorological perspective. According [...]
Taiga Forests Protect Permafrost Soils
From Alaska to Siberia, canopies of boreal forests shield the frozen ground from deeper thawing. This [...]
The Arctic Ocean keeps permafrost carbon firmly locked
AWI researchers have, for the first time, been able to measure how much carbon from thawing [...]