• press release Land under water what causes extreme flooding
Using methods of explainable machine learning, researchers at the UFZ have shown that floods are more extreme when several factors are involved in their development. The research was published in Science Advances.»
A research team from the UFZ and AWI has detected large quantities of plastic waste and microplastics in a remote marine protected area in the North Pacific Ocean. The researchers highlight that plastics are distributed much more widely than expected. »
UFZ researchers have analysed samples from 22 European rivers and found more than 500 chemicals, some of which were in high concentrations. In order to assess their additive effects on aquatic organisms, they applied the concept of the chemical footprint.»
On 27 February, the EU Parliament voted in favour of what is probably the most important law to stop the loss of biodiversity. But it still has to clear one hurdle - the European Council in April. In his point of view, UFZ ecologist Guy Pe'er explains why this is so important. »
Please visit the new website to learn how the UFZ and thirteen partner institutions are investigating the coupling of sustainable food production with renewable energy generation in order to contribute to the defossilisation of the EU agricultural sector.»
Towards improved model-based assessment of regional scale water quality status
Decrypting “Snowball Earth” deglaciations
