News and Events for Researchers

20.06.2019

An updated version of the Global Surface Water Explorer was launched at the Living Planet Symposium in Milan last month.…

18.06.2019

On 18 June 2019, the Commission published its assessment of Member States' draft plans to implement the EU's Energy…

17.06.2019

A recent JRC article warns that the extreme drought conditions that affected central and northern Europe's 2018…

13.06.2019

The risk of significant and widespread blue-green algae blooms in Finnish sea areas matches that of previous years,…

06.06.2019

Powerful novel DNA-based methods are being developed to assess biodiversity and the ecological status of water bodies,…

04.06.2019

Ghost nets refer to nets and other gear lost by fishermen that fish by themselves in seas and bodies of water. They are…

04.06.2019

There's untapped potential to extract strategic raw materials from mining waste and landfills in Europe, according to a…

23.05.2019

A recent JRC study finds that soil erosion by water costs the world economy about US$8,000,000,000 (eight billion US…

21.05.2019

A new report gives scientific guidance to help meet a growing global demand for seaweeds while also protecting resources…

Expedition across the Pacific Ocean. Photo: © Die Aktivisten, Leipzige Aktivisten, Leipzig
21.05.2019

To date, little is known about what happens to microplastic in the sea. The MICRO-FATE project that is now starting…