• Press Release Forest research treads new paths
In an international research project, UFZ researchers have found nanoplastic in all depth zones between the temperate and subtropical zone in the North Atlantic. By mass, the amount of nanoplastic is comparable to that of microplastic, they write in ‘Nature’.»
The SURVEY joint project coordinated by UFZ and Thünen Institute combines expertise from research and practice. It's based on three new forest real-world labs in the Harz Mountains and Lower Bavaria. The aim is to develop new management approaches for spruce sites in low mountain»
The UFZ and three other Helmholtz Centres bundle their expertise to discover yet undiscovered enzymes in the ocean which break down plastics or capture carbon dioxide. The AI MareExplore project, coordinated by GEOMAR and funded by the Helmholtz Innovation Pool, is now starting.»
For People and Nature, researchers analyse the role of science in the discussion about the Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) and the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR). An interview with lead author and UFZ/iDiv researcher Dr Guy Pe'er.»
Global warming increases the demand for moisture in the atmosphere. Scientists involving UFZ remote sensing scientist Prof Jian Peng have described in Nature how strongly this affects droughts worldwide. Accordingly, the severity of droughts has increased by around 40 per cent. »
Development of a Plot Scale Diffusivity Measurement System – Pe-doDiff
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