The management is pleased about the renewed positive assessment of the EMAS environmental management system and the validation of the Environmental Statement 2020, which is available as an e-paper.»
Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany (UFZ and AWI) published in Science. »
Applications for assessing water quality and new water treatment processes are the focus of the new edition of a reference book by UFZ cell toxicologist Beate Escher. It is aimed at interested parties from science, authorities and management who work in the water sector.»
In many cases, the regulatory limits for pesticides are too high and are still exceeded in more than 80% of small streams. This was the result of a nationwide monitoring programme led by the UFZ. The environmental risk assessment of pesticides need to be radically revised. »
These challenges can only be overcome together, say Hans-Otto Pörtner (AWI) and Josef Settele (UFZ). They are co-authors of the first joint IPCC and IPBES workshop report.»
Environmental monitoring and toxicological impact assessment of Organic micro pollutants and their by-products via chemoassay analyses after Ozonation
toxicity – are we up for it?" (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)
When extremes become normality - inland waters under climate change
