• press release Studying grassland from space
Extensively used meadows and pastures are host to a high degree of biodiversity and sequester carbon, and provide for fodder production. A UFZ team has developed a method with which they can use Sentinel-2 satellite data and AI to determine the land-use intensity of grasslands. »
If expectant mothers are exposed to stress, behavioural problems in the child can be the result - but this is less often the case for children with siblings. This is the result of a study of 373 mother-child pairs from pregnancy to the age of ten.»
An international meta-analysis coordinated by the UFZ demonstrates how human stressors such as nutrient enrichment and wastewater impact ecological functions of streams and rivers and affects important ecosystem services.»
Complex microbial communities are essential for many biotechnological processes. However, their special composition is often unstable and prone to failure. A UFZ team have developed a “mass transfer method with a loop” that can stabilise microbial communities in the long term.»
The drought event from 2018 to 2020 was the most intense in over 250 years. UFZ researchers documented this with a large compilation of data they obtained by reconstructing historical droughts back to 1766 and comparing their extents with the drought of 2018 to 2020. »
KAHR = KlimaAnpassung - Hochwasser - Resilienz
