News and Events for Researchers

08.10.2025

Wildfires burn area larger than Belgium, sending an equivalent of Germany’s annual emissions into the atmosphere.

Figure: Development of the German Grassland Butterfly Index 2006-2023. The annual index values (points) and the smoothed trend with 95% confidence intervals are shown. Copyright: UFZ
25.09.2025

With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, UFZ scientists are providing important input for the implementation of…

16.09.2025

The worst struck is Gaza, where the entire population is affected by high levels of acute food insecurity. Worldwide,…

We are pleased to announce new dates set for our highly anticipated course on Radiological Environmental Protection. We…

19.08.2025

Without the filtering performed by Europe’s wetlands, the nitrogen pollution that rivers carry into the seas would be…

UFZ scientist Dr David Leuthold in the lab in front of two screnns. He uses the zebrafish model to test whether environmental chemicals provoke neurotoxic effects. Photo: André Künzelmann / UFZ
15.08.2025

Approximately 350,000 chemicals are predicted to be commercially available worldwide. Little is known about which…

11.08.2025

The EU generates 42.5 million tonnes of plastic waste per year. A JRC study analyses the plastic materials flows in the…

31.07.2025

Forests cover about 40% of the European Union’s (EU) territory. Between 1990 and 2022, they absorbed about 10% of the EU…

25.07.2025

A changing climate and the impact of human activities on nature and the environment elevate the risk of disease…

Plastic bottle in ocean. Photo: ittipol, Adobe Stock / Graphic: Sebastian Wiedling, UFZ
10.07.2025

A study published in Nature reveals for the first time the extent to which nanoplastic pollutes the North Atlantic.