• Brief Information Q&A: Consequences of US Research Policy and Reactions
Researchers are calling for greater consideration to be given to the risks to humans and the environment when designing, developing and using chemical products and processes. One of the first signatories to the declaration is UFZ environmental toxicologist Prof Beate Escher.»
In a current study, UFZ researchers show that high PFAS exposure has a negative effect on the cellular immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. They suspect that people exposed to high levels of PFAS may have a suboptimal immune response to vaccination.»
Helmholtz is providing up to 9 million euros for research into water security. The UFZ will coordinate two of the three Solution Labs, in which water cycles in model regions will be researched and solutions tested with external partners, and is a partner in another. »
Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires. Researchers from the UFZ have found that fire weather seasons are increasingly overlapping between eastern Australia and western North America. This has implications for cross-border cooperation between fire services. »
An international team, including researchers from UFZ and iDiv, has investigated on a global scale how the relationship between mean annual precipitation and grassland biomass changes with the addition of one or more nutrients.»
Development of a Plot Scale Diffusivity Measurement System – Pe-doDiff
„Sedimentary patterns and provenance of the Rosenhof Member"
