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The map was still full of blank spots. Polar researchers have known for some time now that rising temperatures in the Arctic can cause the soil to thaw, transforming entire landscapes; yet it remained unclear exactly where, and to what degree, these ...

If carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and thereby in the ocean continue to rise, this could favour the mass development of toxic algae, with far-reaching consequences for the pelagic food web. This was discovered during a long-term ...

Ressourceneffizienz vor der Marktreife: Ihre Technologien diskutierten Forschungsteams auf der r+Impuls-Statuskonferenz.

Already 6.000 years ago hu­mans in­ter­vened in nature in such a way that the ve­get­a­tion changed. This is the res­ult of a study by Dr. Mahyar Mo­htadi from MARUM – Cen­ter for Mar­ine ...

Environmental researchers at the IOW have developed a novel mobile device for recording microplastics in surface waters. They call it the “Rocket”, a design with which depending on the amount of suspended matter in the water up to 60 litres per ...

The first annual meeting of the project RIESGOS takes place from 16 to 17 October 2018. For almost a year the RIESGOS team has been working on research and development of scientific methods to better understand complex interactions in the context ...

Outstanding green visionaries from all over the world meet Germany´s sustainability research elite on a two-week science tour in October.

The German and French ministries of research, BMBF and MESRI, are continuing their successful cooperation in research and development. The latest call is aimed at strengthening the French-German cooperation in energy research as well as the stimulation ...

The IPZ website has recently been launched. The site offers an insight into current topics, announcements and best practice examples of sustainable urban development and its research.

Today, the 17th Coastal Summer School came to an end. 19 young scientists from 11 nations visited the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee for 12 days to deepen their knowledge of coastal research. On Hiddensee and on the research vessel ELISABETH MANN BORGESE ...

Pteropods or sea snails, also called sea angels, produce chemical deterrents to ward off predators, and some species of amphipods take advantage of this by carrying pteropods piggyback to gain protection from their voracious predators. There is no ...

The loss of arctic permafrost deposits by coastal erosion could amplify climate warming via the greenhouse effect. A study using sediment samples from the Sea of Okhotsk on the eastern coast of Russia led by AWI researchers revealed that the loss of ...

On September 1, 2018, a ship-based research cruise starts from Guangzhou down the Pearl River to the coastal areas of the South China Sea. As part of the joint German-Chinese project MEGAPOL (short for Megacity's fingerprint in Chinese marginal seas: ...

As the Arctic Ocean warms, marine organisms move pole-wards and experience different day-lengths. Project CHASE will determine effects on their biology and the ‘ticking’ of biological clocks.

Warm tropical coastal seas are home to up to 1,000 times more species of fish than the cold polar seas. The decline in the number of species from the tropics to the poles has been known in biodiversity research for a long time and is explained in most ...