News and Events for Researchers

Characterization of major drought events in Europe over the past 250 years. Image: UFZ
17.05.2022

These were days, months and years that many will come to remember: the drought from 2018 to 2020. An international team…

05.05.2022

The Finnish Rotary and the Governing Body of Suomenlinna are taking part in the monitoring and research work being…

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
21.04.2022

The spatial distribution of pores helps determine where carbon is stored in the soil. Soils store more carbon than all…

11.04.2022

A comprehensive review of the effects of climate change on the Baltic Sea has been completed. All scientific literature…

07.04.2022

With the Russian-Ukrainian war going on, it becomes apparent how much the EU is depending on Russia for its oil and gas…

The long-horned bee (Eucera notata) belongs to the family of wild bees (Apidae). Photo: Nicolas Vereecken / Selections Naturelles
22.03.2022

Insects have an important function for both ecosystems and the economy. Almost 90% of flowering wild plants worldwide…

21.03.2022

A United Nations Environment Programme report predicts a substantial increase in wild fires, even if greenhouse gases…

Sewage works
21.03.2022

A £1.25 million project will research the role of managing antibiotic use in combatting anti-microbial resistance (AMR)…

17.03.2022

One year ago, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation asking EU Member States to put in place wastewater…

The frequency of compound hot-dry events in Europe is mainly determined by local precipitation trends. Image: © UFZ
17.03.2022

Prolonged droughts and heat waves have negative consequences both for people and the environment. If both of these…