04.10.202403.10.2024 Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline The AWI’s citizen science project “Microplastic Detectives” has analyzed 2.2 tons of sand from German coasts [...]
17.09.202416.09.2024 What dangers lie in industrial contaminated sites in permafrost? Industrial waste lurks in thousands of sites in the Arctic permafrost regions – some of it [...]
12.09.202411.09.2024 Study: Cloud cover reduced by large-scale deforestation Researchers from Leipzig University and Sun Yat-sen University in China have found that large-scale deforestation has [...]
09.09.202410.09.2024 Uncollected waste and open burning are leading causes of plastic pollution crisis A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish [...]
09.09.202409.09.2024 WorldRiskReport 2024: Urgent Need for Action in Times of Multiple Crises The WorldRiskReport 2024, published today by Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (BEH) and the Institute for International Law [...]
05.09.202410.09.2024 More than 1300 tree species live in cities: are they gateways for forest pests? There are more than 1300 tree species in Swiss cities, while our forests are home to [...]
04.09.202402.09.2024 Biodiversity loss: Many students of environment-related subjects are partly unaware of the causes Worldwide survey by Goethe University Frankfurt reveals possible explanations for the knowledge gaps of future environmental [...]
27.08.202426.08.2024 German lakes under climate change Decreasing oxygen concentrations could be mitigated by nutrient reduction Using long-term monitoring data from 46 German [...]
26.08.202425.08.2024 Reducing food waste in the hotel industry with zero waste and circular strategies Last year saw the conclusion of our 2-year project on food waste, a topic with huge [...]
21.08.202419.08.2024 How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled Researchers show, how mixed waste from healthcare can bes recycled in a saf and efficient way [...]
17.08.202417.08.2024 Bacteria in lakes fight climate change Methane-oxidizing bacteria could play a greater role than previously thought in preventing the release of climate-damaging [...]
12.08.202411.08.2024 Planning the urban climate of the future Online tool shows benefits of trees for cities What a tree needs to grow and how [...]
10.08.202409.08.2024 Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows The Great Barrier Reef is under significant pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching [...]
30.07.202426.07.2024 How a plant app helps to identify the consequences of climate change A research team led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Leipzig University [...]
17.07.202415.07.2024 Complex Impact of Large Wildfires on Ozone Layer Dynamics Huge smoke-charged vortex doubles aerosol burden in the middle stratosphere and buffers ozone depletion. In a [...]
12.07.202409.07.2024 Large gaps in European cities’ resilience to extreme heat New Sweco report: Large gaps in the resilience of European cities to extreme heat – vulnerable [...]