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19 May 2022 , DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy

IIASA-PEER workshop Climate Information Services

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World heritage site Suomenlinna © The Governing Body of Suomenlinna

05 May 2022 , SYKE - Finnish Environment Institute

The significant role of volunteering in monitoring litter

The Finnish Rotary and the Governing Body of Suomenlinna are taking part in the monitoring and research work being carried out by the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE on the quantities, types and sources of litter. The Rotary members are committed...

Above: Two-dimensional sections from X-ray CT images of samples from Luvisol, Chernozem, and Gleysoil soils, which differ in their moisture regime (from left to right). They show how differently pores (yellow), organic residues (purple), the soil matrix (green), and stones (brown) are distributed. Below: The soil organic matter was labelled with osmium. Differences in carbon content are expressed in the mean osmium concentration from low (blue) to high (yellow). The carbon contents are variable over small areas in all soils. Photo: UFZ

21 April 2022 , UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

It`s the pore that counts

The spatial distribution of pores helps determine where carbon is stored in the soil. Soils store more carbon than all the vegetation on the Earth’s surface. However, there are still many unanswered questions about precisely which processes favour...

11 April 2022 , SYKE - Finnish Environment Institute

Climate change has an impact, but human actions will determine the fate of the Baltic Sea

A comprehensive review of the effects of climate change on the Baltic Sea has been completed. All scientific literature related to the Baltic Sea and climate change from 2010–2021 has been compiled in the review, and an international team of...

Wood in Russia. Source: Wageningen University Research

07 April 2022 , WENR - Wageningen Environmental Research

Does the EU depend on Russia for its wood?

With the Russian-Ukrainian war going on, it becomes apparent how much the EU is depending on Russia for its oil and gas supply. Alternative sources and new forms of renewable energy supply will have to be developed even faster.

The long-horned bee (Eucera notata) belongs to the family of wild bees (Apidae). Photo: Nicolas Vereecken / Selections Naturelles

The long-horned bee (Eucera notata) belongs to the family of wild bees (Apidae), of which there are more than 550 in Germany alone, and over 20,000 species worldwide. They therefore play a central role as pollinators of wild and cultivated plants. Photo: Nicolas Vereecken / Selections Naturelles

22 March 2022 , UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

Survey of pollinators - The SPRING project is helping to establish an EU-wide monitoring system for pollinators

Insects have an important function for both ecosystems and the economy. Almost 90% of flowering wild plants worldwide depend at least partially on pollination by animals. More than 75% of all food crops also need pollinators if they are to produce...

21 March 2022 , UKCEH - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Up to 50% increase in wildfires projected by 2100

A United Nations Environment Programme report predicts a substantial increase in wild fires, even if greenhouse gases are reduced. The report found some of the biggest increases in areas not used to seeing wildfires, such as the Arctic and central...

21 March 2022 , UKCEH - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

COVID-19 wastewater sampling technique used in anti-microbial resistance project

A £1.25 million project will research the role of managing antibiotic use in combatting anti-microbial resistance (AMR) transmission. It will use the novel wastewater sampling technique UKCEH developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is...

Today around 1,370 wastewater treatment plants are under regular surveillance across the EU © felipe caparros - shutterstock.com 2022

17 March 2022 , JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre

Coronavirus response: monitoring of wastewater contributes to tracking coronavirus and variants across all EU countries

One year ago, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation asking EU Member States to put in place wastewater monitoring to track COVID-19 and its variants.

The frequency of compound hot-dry events in Europe is mainly determined by local precipitation trends. Image: © UFZ

17 March 2022 , UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

Two extremes at the same time

Prolonged droughts and heat waves have negative consequences both for people and the environment. If both of these extreme events occur at the same time, the impacts, in the form of wild fires, tree mortality or crop losses - to name a few examples -...