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11.07.202511.07.2025 Study shows how a common fertilizer ingredient benefits plants The findings could enable new ways to increase plants’ resilience to UV stress and enhance seedling [...]
08.07.202508.07.2025 Nature Credits Roadmap to reward nature-positive action and boost private finance The European Commission launched a ‘Roadmap towards Nature Credits’, to incentivise private investments into actions that [...]
02.07.202502.07.2025 Why does Norwegian hydropower play an important role in curbing climate change in Europe? Norway plays a key role in tackling climate change in Europe, mainly because it relies so [...]
01.07.202501.07.2025 Weather station in Potsdam shows driest first half-year since measurements began over 130 years ago In the first half of 2025, rainfall levels at the weather station in Potsdam on Telegrafenberg [...]
20.06.202520.06.2025 Nations urged to unlock a trillion-dollar land restoration economy Investing in land restoration: Key to environmental recovery On Desertification and Drought Day 2025, the UN [...]
06.06.202506.06.2025 Extreme heat in Europe: every year counts Even if the global community were to stop emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, today’s heat records in [...]
30.05.202529.05.2025 Unpredictable risks: solar geoengineering is no solution to the climate crisis UBA publishes brochure on solar radiation modification. Technical interventions to mitigate the climate crisis are increasingly [...]
24.05.202524.05.2025 Offshore wind farms are refuges for porpoises in the German North Sea New study shows: Porpoise populations remain stable, offshore wind farms are used as habitat by the [...]
21.05.202521.05.2025 Glaciers will take centuries to recover even if global warming is reversed, scientists warn New research reveals mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries – even if [...]
10.05.202510.05.2025 The world’s wealthiest 10% caused two thirds of global warming since 1990 Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study published in Nature Climate Change quantifies [...]
02.05.202501.05.2025 Fraunhofer IDMT shows novel approach to acoustic cleaning of large photovoltaic surfaces Contactless, efficient, sustainable – at the world’s leading trade fair for the solar industry in Munich [...]
17.04.202516.04.2025 Climate Risk and Adaptation in Global Food Global food systems are facing the challenge of meeting growing demand driven by population, economic, and [...]
16.04.202516.04.2025 Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and climate risks are threatening its energy [...]
28.03.202527.03.2025 Losing forest carbon stocks could put climate goals out of reach In the past, intact forests absorbed 7.8 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually – about a fifth [...]
20.03.202520.03.2025 Hunger skyrockets by nearly 80 percent in Eastern and Southern Africa over past five years amidst worsening water crisis Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access [...]