16.09.2022 Extreme hunger has more than doubled in 10 of the world’s worst climate hotspots over past six years Less than 18 days of fossil fuel companies’ profits would cover the entire UN humanitarian appeal [...]
15.09.202214.09.2022 Floodplains improve the water quality of rivers Many rivers are polluted by nitrogen inputs. An international research project involving the IGB has now [...]
12.09.202211.09.2022 Climate Change is Affecting Drinking Water Quality The disappearance of forests will have consequences for water quality in reservoirs The water stored in [...]
10.09.202208.09.2022 Extreme temperatures fuel online hate speech Temperatures above or below a feel-good window of 12-21 degrees Celsius (54-70 °F) are linked to [...]
04.09.202203.09.2022 First global climate risk map for forests Study: Forests in central and western Europe face high climate risk Climate change is putting increasing [...]
02.09.202201.09.2022 Living in timber cities could avoid emissions Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete [...]
01.09.202201.09.2022 Towards food security despite climate crisis and war To secure the world’s food supply, a shift toward more plant-based and less animal-based foods is [...]
30.08.202230.08.2022 When climate change pulls the plug: If groundwater tables drop, streams and rivers seep away and pollute drinking wa Increasing drought, less precipitation, rising water demand in agriculture – climate change is causing problems for [...]
27.08.2022 Digital damage: Is your online life polluting the planet? Shorter emails, camera-off Zoom calls and deleting old photos could reduce our digital carbon footprints – [...]
27.08.202226.08.2022 Landslides increasingly threaten the world’s urban poor cities Landslides will affect more and more settlements in poor regions of the world in the future, [...]
25.08.2022 A historical perspective on glacial retreat Researchers at ETH Zurich and WSL have for the first time reconstructed the extent of Switzerland’s [...]
23.08.2022 Water scarcity: Commission advises on safe water reuse in agriculture Water reuse can limit abstractions from surface waters and groundwater and promote a more efficient management [...]
15.08.202215.08.2022 Extreme wildfires in Mediterranean countries provide lessons for climate-impacted Europe The climate crisis is heating up forest fires in Europe. They are also increasingly occurring in [...]
12.08.202209.08.2022 Impact of climate change on human pathogenic diseases subject of new study by UH researchers Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by greenhouse gas emissions A comprehensive [...]
05.08.202205.08.2022 Less rain in the forest: Amazon even more vulnerable than previously thought For every three trees dying from drought in the Amazon rainforest, a fourth tree – even [...]
03.08.202201.08.2022 Forest trees also take up nanoplastics Plastic waste is now polluting all of the world’s ecosystems, even those located far from civilisation. [...]