• Press Release An insect census: 20 years of butterfly monitoring in Germany
Conservative tree species, such as horse chestnut, generally grow faster than acquisitive, supposedly fast-growing species, as they are better able to cope with stress. In consequence, they usually store more carbon, writes an international team in Nature with UFZ participation.»
Since 2005, dedicated volunteers throughout Germany have been recording the occurrence of these popular insects. Since then, the monitoring has not only provided valuable information on butterflies, but also on how land use and climate change are changing nature as a whole. »
To ensure the coexistence of tree species, tropical and temperate forests successfully rely on opposing strategies. They are based on the clustering of trees and the frequency of tree species, write researchers led by the UFZ in the scientific journal Nature.»
The directors of eight of the largest environmental research institutes in Europe, including the UFZ, which cooperate in the PEER network (Partnership for European Environmental Research), are calling for a discussion on the EU's upcoming research framework programme (FP10). »
A research team coordinated by the UFZ has succeeded in detecting the extent to which the glaciers in the Alps are polluted by nanoplastics at an altitude of more than 3,000 metres. The researchers relied on the help of mountaineers to collect the data. »
How does the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) influence farmers decisions and shape landscapes? For this question, I perform so called agent-based simulations. They will project farm economics and maps of potential landscapes - and we will evaluate which policy interventions pays off most - for farmers and biodiversity.
Entwicklungen in der regionalen Energie- und Wärmeversorgung
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