News and Events for Researchers

18.05.2021

The annual spring monitoring cruise of R/V Aranda took place in late April. During the cruise the phytoplankton spring…

The Eder dam (Germany) in the year 2019. Areas of water that are drying out release considerably more carbon than areas covered by water. Photo: Maik Dobbermann
17.05.2021

Among other things, dams serve as reservoirs for drinking water, agricultural irrigation, or the operation of hydropower…

06.05.2021

The EU aquaculture sector reached 1.2 million tonnes of produce and €4.1 billion in turnover in 2018, according to a new…

04.05.2021

Climate change might lead to changes in plant diversity, especially in the world’s drylands. Water is a scarce resource…

03.05.2021

Changing consumption patterns is essential for curbing environmental problems. Several applications have been developed…

29.04.2021

It is seven in the evening and JRC scientist Bernd Gawlik is multitasking: he is preparing a dinner with a recipe…

29.04.2021

The JRC contributed to a new study published today by the Commission on the status of new genomic techniques under Union…

12.04.2021

The Commission’s 2020 Strategic Foresight Report mentions the potential of a sustainable bioeconomy, to transform…

06.04.2021

Environment continues to be a high priority for the Barents cooperation. Foreign Ministers of the four Barents countries…

Jordan Irrigation Systems Photo: André Künzelmann / UFZ
31.03.2021

Prolonged and potentially destabilizing water shortages will become commonplace in Jordan by 2100, new research by an…