• press release Natural climate protection: new water in historical rivercourses
A project in the Leipzig area shows how floodplain landscapes in urban areas can be restored and transformed back into living ecosystems that make an important contribution to natural climate protection. A team from the UFZ provided scientific support for the project. »
Germany aims to be climate neutral by 2045. In order to achieve this goal, greenhouse gas emissions must be greatly reduced and effective measures to remove CO2 from the atmosphere established. Researchers led by the UFZ and GEOMAR have now developed an evaluation matrix. »
At an online event on 23 May, SRU members Prof Josef Settele and Prof Wolfgang Köck will present the statement "Renaturation: Protecting biodiversity, managing land sustainably". This will be discussed with stakeholders from politics and practice.»
A research team from the UFZ Leipzig and GFZ Potsdam has developed a system with which the impacts of floods can more precisely be forecast. It provides not only timely data on water levels, but also high-resolution dynamic inundation maps. »
To date, land use has been the number one driver of biodiversity loss. This was stated by the the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform IPBES 2019 in its global report. The new study now shows that climate change could become the main driver by mid-century.»
Virtual Aquifer - Numerical Groundwater Flow Model
BonaRes Fachtagung
Exkursion im Rahmen der Leipziger Naturschutzwoche 2024
Conference of UFZ PhD Projects
