News and Events for Researchers

20.11.2019

The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has studied how biodegradable and bio-based materials actually decompose in the…

12.11.2019

The plant bacterium Xylella fastidiosa severely damaged an estimated 6.5 million olive trees in southern Italy by 2017,…

08.11.2019
The world’s tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute an important carbon sink. Photo: R-M-Nunes_Shutterstock
08.11.2019

Innovative combination of forest models with satellite data provide more precise estimates

06.11.2019

Today the African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) partnership officially launched the Pan African Network for economic…

04.11.2019

Between rivers and oceans, estuaries provide shelter to an iconic and at times threatened biodiversity, and are…

Crustacean Daphnia magna. Photo: André Künzelmann / UFZ
01.11.2019

Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand…

31.10.2019

A recent JRC-led article compares four different policy scenarios for EU agricultural production in 2040 and their…

30.10.2019

Storing energy, particularly on an industrial scale, is a key advantage in the efficient use of renewable energy. Funded…

29.10.2019

However, not all energy sources are equal. There are vast differences in the amount of water required to produce the…