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Stability check on Antarctica reveals enormous risks
24.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

If global warming continues, the ice in Antarctica could irreversibly melt - and thus raise global sea levels by more than six meters.

The long arm of the Atlantic
24.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

Researchers have studied the long-range effects of the Atlantic on the Baltic Sea during the last millennium - and have come across astonishing connections.

Refugees in Eastern Germany
23.09.2020 · Berlin Social Science Center

Xenophobia is widespread in more than 200 examined East German communities. However, the arrival of refugees had hardly any influence on these attitudes.

Reefs in danger
23.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

94 percent of the world's coral reef habitats must be considered endangered, as a new study shows. Reefs in the Caribbean or the Red Sea are considered particularly threatened.

ZALF researcher honored
23.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research

For her work on sustainable land management, Jana Zscheischler receives the "Transformative Science" research award.

Climate migration depends on the context
17.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Environmental migration is most pronounced in middle-income and agricultural countries. However, impacts on migration vary by types of environmental hazards.

Convert energy like nature
17.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

A new approach makes it possible for the first time to store and regenerate light energy independently of the day-night cycle.

Dams threaten biodiversity
15.09.2020 · Leibniz Institut of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

In order to adapt to climate changes, river fish colonize new habitats. But dams restrict their movement - and often do not prevent the spread of invasive species.

Out of balance
15.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology

Antibiotics impair the interaction between fungi and bacteria in our intestines – and can thus favour fungal infections.

Tree rings exaggerate
14.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Scientists deduce historical climatic conditions for the past hundreds of years from the width of the annual growth rings of trees - but the analyzes are flawed, as a new study shows.

Compensation for National Socialist injustice
09.09.2020 · FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure

A project for the digital indexing of compensation files is launching. The information will be bundled in a thematic portal and made available online for research, educational, and other purposes.

Strong fields and ultrafast motions
08.09.2020 · Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

Researchers have succeeded in using an external electric field with frequencies in the range of 1 terahertz to generate and manipulate free electrons in liquid water.

LSB director honored
08.09.2020 · Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich

Veronika Somoza has received the AGFD Fellow Award from the American Chemical Society for her research on food ingredients.

Scaring Nemo
08.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

Clownfish often serve as model organisms for behavioural studies. But how do they react to encounters with humans? Not every species is frightened.

Change affects knowledge
07.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

With increasing external influences, not only the biological diversity of a region but also the depth and complexity of traditional ecological knowledge of the local population is being lost.

Traces of the past
07.09.2020 · TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology

A new project is investigating the places of Gestapo terror in what is now Lower Saxony and wants to make their historical heritage freely accessible in the form of a digital map.

Does sustainable aquaculture have a future?
04.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

In Germany, a societal and political discussion is needed on how and whether aquaculture can develop further.

Tiny Bodyguards
02.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology

The bacterium Pseudomonas tolaasii triggers brown spot disease in cultivated mushrooms and thus causes considerable harvest losses. But with some support the fungus can resist.

Influential pioneer
02.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Ottmar Edenhofer is awarded the most prestigious environmental prize in Germany.

Razor-sharp
01.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics

GREGOR, the largest solar telescope in Europe has obtained unprecedented images of the Sun at a higher resolution than ever before.