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Environment - Life Sciences - 25.05.2023 
Tree islands bring biodiversity to oil palm plantations
Göttingen University CRC publishes results of long-running experiment Islands of trees in oil palm plantations can significantly increase biodiversity within five years without reducing productivity. This has been shown by an experiment, which has been running for over ten years in Indonesia as part of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) "EFForTS" at the University of Göttingen.
Environment - Innovation - 22.05.2023 
Investigating Collective Action
Sustainability research: Wolfram Barfuss appointed new Argelander professor at the University of Bonn How can people work together to forge new, environmentally sustainable paths in a complex system? This is the question being tackled by Jun. Wolfram Barfuss, the new Argelander professor in the Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Futures Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA Sustainable Futures) at the University of Bonn.
History / Archeology - Environment - 19.05.2023 
Oldest architectural plans detail mysterious desert mega structures
An international team of researchers including the University of Freiburg identifies engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history. Although human constructions have modified natural spaces for millennia, few plans or maps predate the period of the literate civilizations of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.
Environment - Chemistry - 17.05.2023 
African Smoke Over the Amazon
At certain times in the year, more soot particles reach the Amazon rainforest from bush fires in Africa than from regional fires. Up to two-thirds of the soot above the central Amazon rainforest originates in Africa. These are the results of a study that has now been published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 16.05.2023 
’Warm Ice Age’ Changed Climate Cycles
Approximately 700,000 years ago, a "warm ice age" permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. Contemporaneous with this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded. A European research team including Earth scientists from Heidelberg University used recently acquired geological data in combination with computer simulations to identify this seemingly paradoxical connection.
Environment - 16.05.2023
Environment - Economics - 15.05.2023
Environment - Life Sciences - 11.05.2023 
Climate change puts penguins on the move
If there were ever a prize for the longest journey to work, the Jena University team led by Christina Braun would stand a good chance of winning it. To reach their research area, the polar ornithologist and her team travel some 14,000 kilometres - as the crow flies - each time. Their destination is the Fildes Peninsula on King George Island in the Antarctic.
Environment - Chemistry - 09.05.2023 
African smoke over the Amazon
More soot particles reach the central Amazon rainforest from brush fires in Africa than from regional fires at some times. Up to two-thirds of the soot over the central Amazon rainforest originates in Africa. This is the result of a study now published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
Environment - 09.05.2023 
Bugs in species-rich forests mean improved productivity
Researchers including Göttingen University find first evidence of significance of arthropod diversity Forests are home to 80% of the world's plant and animal diversity and are vital for global conservation. However, biodiversity in forests is under serious threat from human activity and climate change.
Environment - Life Sciences - 09.05.2023 
Beetles and Their Biodiversity in Dead Wood
Which energy type promotes the biodiversity of beetles living in dead wood in the forest? That depends entirely on where the beetles are in the food chain. Energy is the key to life. For decades, scientists have been trying to decipher the connection between available energy and biodiversity in ecosystems.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 02.05.2023
Environment - Earth Sciences - 02.05.2023 
Progressive climate change: Mediterranean forests threatened with desertification
Heidelberg geoscientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years With the aim of predicting the consequences of man-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, geoscientists at Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations over the past 500,000 years.
Environment - Life Sciences - 26.04.2023 
Diverse landscapes help insects cope with heat stress
Global warming is affecting terrestrial insects in multiple ways. In response to increasingly frequent heat extremes, they have to either reduce their activity or seek shelter in more suitable microhabitats. A new study led by researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena shows: The more diverse these microhabitats are, the better for the insects.
Environment - 26.04.2023 
Fallow land promotes bird diversity
Research team including Göttingen University study effect of fallow land and complexity of landscapes on bird populations In recent decades, many of Germany's animal populations in agricultural landscapes have experienced sharp declines, both in terms of the number of species and the number of individuals.
Pharmacology - Environment - 21.04.2023
Environment - Life Sciences - 20.04.2023 
How bee-friendly is the forest?
What role do forests play as a feeding habitat for honeybees? A team led by Würzburg biologist Dr. Benjamin Rutschmann investigated this question. For this purpose, the researchers used observation hives inside the Steigerwald. Bees are generally associated with flowering meadows rather than with dense forests.
Life Sciences - Environment - 19.04.2023 
Large animals travel more slowly because they can’t keep cool
Whether an animal is flying, running or swimming, its traveling speed is limited by how effectively it sheds the excess heat generated by its muscles, according to a new study led by Alexander Dyer from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, published now in the open access journal "PLOS Biology".
Computer Science - Environment - 18.04.2023 
New AI for Flora Incognita
"Flora Incognita," Germany's most popular plant identification app, has received new artificial intelligence - as a result, the number of plant species that can be determined has tripled: Around 16,000 species can now be identified worldwide. In addition, the app, which is now available in 20 languages, now also works in offline mode, and its digital educational offering includes a wealth of new information, such as improved distribution maps of many species.
Astronomy / Space Science - Environment - 18.04.2023 
Metal-poor stars are more life-friendly
A star's chemical composition strongly influences the chances for life on planets in its neighbourhood Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favourable conditions for the emergence of complex life than metal-poor stars, as scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Solar System Research and for Chemistry as well as from the University of Göttingen have now found.
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Göttingen University CRC publishes results of long-running experiment Islands of trees in oil palm plantations can significantly increase biodiversity within five years without reducing productivity. This has been shown by an experiment, which has been running for over ten years in Indonesia as part of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) "EFForTS" at the University of Göttingen.
Sustainability research: Wolfram Barfuss appointed new Argelander professor at the University of Bonn How can people work together to forge new, environmentally sustainable paths in a complex system? This is the question being tackled by Jun. Wolfram Barfuss, the new Argelander professor in the Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Futures Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA Sustainable Futures) at the University of Bonn.
An international team of researchers including the University of Freiburg identifies engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history. Although human constructions have modified natural spaces for millennia, few plans or maps predate the period of the literate civilizations of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.
At certain times in the year, more soot particles reach the Amazon rainforest from bush fires in Africa than from regional fires. Up to two-thirds of the soot above the central Amazon rainforest originates in Africa. These are the results of a study that has now been published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
Approximately 700,000 years ago, a "warm ice age" permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. Contemporaneous with this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded. A European research team including Earth scientists from Heidelberg University used recently acquired geological data in combination with computer simulations to identify this seemingly paradoxical connection.
After Paris: Climate Change Mitigation Inadequate in EU Member States
Young researchers from the 4EU+ European University Alliance examine attitudes towards climate change and political action in the European Union The last few years have seen a growing awareness of the climate change issue in the European Union, yet the member states have not sufficiently stepped up their action on climate policy since the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Young researchers from the 4EU+ European University Alliance examine attitudes towards climate change and political action in the European Union The last few years have seen a growing awareness of the climate change issue in the European Union, yet the member states have not sufficiently stepped up their action on climate policy since the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Paper-based packaging has a good eco-image
Study by the University of Bonn examines how the type of packaging influences purchase intention German consumers consider paper-based packaging to be particularly environmentally friendly. Nevertheless, they tend to be skeptical about innovative products such as paper-based bottles. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn and Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Study by the University of Bonn examines how the type of packaging influences purchase intention German consumers consider paper-based packaging to be particularly environmentally friendly. Nevertheless, they tend to be skeptical about innovative products such as paper-based bottles. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn and Forschungszentrum Jülich.
If there were ever a prize for the longest journey to work, the Jena University team led by Christina Braun would stand a good chance of winning it. To reach their research area, the polar ornithologist and her team travel some 14,000 kilometres - as the crow flies - each time. Their destination is the Fildes Peninsula on King George Island in the Antarctic.
More soot particles reach the central Amazon rainforest from brush fires in Africa than from regional fires at some times. Up to two-thirds of the soot over the central Amazon rainforest originates in Africa. This is the result of a study now published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
Researchers including Göttingen University find first evidence of significance of arthropod diversity Forests are home to 80% of the world's plant and animal diversity and are vital for global conservation. However, biodiversity in forests is under serious threat from human activity and climate change.
Which energy type promotes the biodiversity of beetles living in dead wood in the forest? That depends entirely on where the beetles are in the food chain. Energy is the key to life. For decades, scientists have been trying to decipher the connection between available energy and biodiversity in ecosystems.
Progressive Climate Change: Desertification Threatens Mediterranean Forests
Heidelberg Earth scientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years With a view towards predicting the consequences of human-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, Earth scientists from Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations of the past 500,000 years.
Heidelberg Earth scientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years With a view towards predicting the consequences of human-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, Earth scientists from Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations of the past 500,000 years.
Heidelberg geoscientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years With the aim of predicting the consequences of man-made climate change for Mediterranean ecosystems, geoscientists at Heidelberg University have studied natural climate and vegetation fluctuations over the past 500,000 years.
Global warming is affecting terrestrial insects in multiple ways. In response to increasingly frequent heat extremes, they have to either reduce their activity or seek shelter in more suitable microhabitats. A new study led by researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena shows: The more diverse these microhabitats are, the better for the insects.
Research team including Göttingen University study effect of fallow land and complexity of landscapes on bird populations In recent decades, many of Germany's animal populations in agricultural landscapes have experienced sharp declines, both in terms of the number of species and the number of individuals.
Toxicity of drugs released into waterways partly depends on acidity
A study by researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Athens has found that the toxicity of chemicals in lakes and rivers may vary by several orders of magnitude depending on the water's acidity. Professor Heinz Köhler from the University of Tübingen's Institute of Evolution and Ecology, working with colleagues from Athens and the German Environment Agency, tested the effect of 24 substances, most of which are used as drugs, on the development of fish embryos in realistic scenarios.
A study by researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Athens has found that the toxicity of chemicals in lakes and rivers may vary by several orders of magnitude depending on the water's acidity. Professor Heinz Köhler from the University of Tübingen's Institute of Evolution and Ecology, working with colleagues from Athens and the German Environment Agency, tested the effect of 24 substances, most of which are used as drugs, on the development of fish embryos in realistic scenarios.
What role do forests play as a feeding habitat for honeybees? A team led by Würzburg biologist Dr. Benjamin Rutschmann investigated this question. For this purpose, the researchers used observation hives inside the Steigerwald. Bees are generally associated with flowering meadows rather than with dense forests.
Whether an animal is flying, running or swimming, its traveling speed is limited by how effectively it sheds the excess heat generated by its muscles, according to a new study led by Alexander Dyer from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, published now in the open access journal "PLOS Biology".
"Flora Incognita," Germany's most popular plant identification app, has received new artificial intelligence - as a result, the number of plant species that can be determined has tripled: Around 16,000 species can now be identified worldwide. In addition, the app, which is now available in 20 languages, now also works in offline mode, and its digital educational offering includes a wealth of new information, such as improved distribution maps of many species.
A star's chemical composition strongly influences the chances for life on planets in its neighbourhood Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favourable conditions for the emergence of complex life than metal-poor stars, as scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Solar System Research and for Chemistry as well as from the University of Göttingen have now found.
