More than 900 scientists from around the world, including from the UFZ, have so far signed a declaration calling on members of the UN negotiating committee to agree on a ambitious plastics treaty that uses the robust scientific evidence to end plastic pollution by 2040.»
UFZ scientists have analysed the impact of plastics on the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. Regulations accounting for these interlinks could be established in the negotiation of the UN Global Plastics Treaty in November. »
Three UFZ scientists - Prof Josef Settele, Prof Ingolf Kühn and Prof Jakob Zscheischler - are represented in the annual ranking of the most cited and therefore most influential researchers worldwide in 2024.»
Traditionally, agricultural productivity has been evaluated as yield per unit of land. In view of the urgency of climate change, limited resources and environmental impacts, this way of thinking falls short, write UFZ researchers in their policy brief. »
The chimneys are formed by minerals crystallizing out of highly saline groundwater flowing out of the lake floor. As UFZ researchers report in Science of the Total Environment, the chimneys could be an early warning indicator for the hazardous sinkholes.»
Predictors of the long-term fate of assimilated macronutrients in streams
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