• press release The 2022 drought: What was the role of climate change?
Many regions of Germany experienced extreme drought in the summer of 2022. A research team coordinated by UFZ has now discovered that more than a third of the extraordinary intensity and physical extent of the drought can be attributed to climate change. »
In a study published in Science, a research team from the UFZ has shown that chemicals that are found in humans as complex mixtures act together – even if the concentrations of the individual substances are below the effect threshold.»
Geoscientist Andrea Kaim analyses the conflicting goals that can arise during the transformation of agriculture towards more multifunctionality. To this end, she brings together various research disciplines as part of the junior research group AgriScape, which she heads.»
An international UFZ-led team have detected ca. 120 organic micropollutants in the River Oder and investigated their role in damaging aquatic organisms. They found that high concentrations of these substances amplify the lethal effects of the algal toxin prymnesin.»
UFZ researchers used a combination of molecular biological methods and the zebrafish model to investigate the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the brain. They revealed the mechanism of action and identified the genes involved.»
Development of a Plot Scale Diffusivity Measurement System – Pe-doDiff
"Current environmental plastic & associated chemicals research & paths forward"
UFZ-Workshop
“One Health Living lab @ Plentzia Marine Station”
