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09.12.20 | Climate damage to the global economy greater than expected | 461 | BERLIN, December 9 (WNM/Journal of Environmental Economics and Management/Ulrich von Lampe) - The anthropogenic warming of the planet will probably have a much greater impact on worldwide production... ► Artikel lesen | ||
08.12.20 | Global food production poses an increasing climate threat | 428 | VIENNA, December 8 (WNM/Nature/Ansa Heyl) - The growing use of nitrogen fertilizers in the production of food worldwide is increasing concentrations of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere-a greenhouse gas... ► Artikel lesen | ||
07.12.20 | Shuttering fossil fuel power plants may cost less than expected - study | 464 | GEORGIA, U.S., December 7, 2020 (WNM/Georgia Institute of Technology) - Meeting a 2035 deadline for decarbonizing U.S. electricity production, as proposed by the incoming U.S. presidential administration... ► Artikel lesen | ||
04.12.20 | Climate-friendly cooling to help ease global warming - study | 453 | VIENNA, December 4 (WNM/IIASA/Ansa Heyl) - Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are mainly used for cooling and refrigeration. While they were originally developed to replace ozone-depleting substances that are... ► Artikel lesen | ||
03.12.20 | Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting | 514 | READING, UK, December 3 (WNM/The Cryosphere) - In a study published this week in The Cryosphere, researchers from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Reading demonstrate how... ► Artikel lesen | ||
02.12.20 | Climate change warms groundwater in Bavaria | 431 | HALLE-WITTENBERG, December 2 (WNM/Frontiers in Earth Science/Ronja Münch) - Groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have warmed considerably over the past few decades. A new study by researchers at Martin... ► Artikel lesen | ||
01.12.20 | Hydrogen-powered heavy duty vehicles could contribute significantly to achieving climate goals | 531 | POTSDAM, December 1 (WNM/Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies/Sabine Letz) - A partial transition of German road transport to hydrogen energy is among the possibilities being discussed to help... ► Artikel lesen | ||
30.11.20 | Sharks almost gone from many reefs | 385 | TOWNSVILLE CITY, November 30 (WNM/James Cook University) - Professor Colin Simpfendorfer from James Cook University in Australia was one of the scientists who took part in the study, published today... ► Artikel lesen | ||
27.11.20 | Community conservation reserves protect fish diversity in tropical rivers | 464 | ITHACA, NY, November 27 (WNM/Nature) - Prohibiting fishing in conservation reserves is a common strategy for protecting ocean ecosystems and enhancing fisheries management. However, such dedicated reserves... ► Artikel lesen | ||
26.11.20 | Bird diversity in the Alps in decline | 473 | ZURICH, November 26 (WNM/Universität Zürich/Beat Müller) - The diversity of bird communities in the Swiss Alps is declining more and more, a joint study of the University of Zurich and the Swiss Ornithological... ► Artikel lesen | ||
25.11.20 | New solvent-based recycling process could cut down on millions of tons of plastic waste | 415 | WISCONSIN-MADISON, November 25 (WNM/University of Wisconsin-Madison) - About 100 million tons of multilayer thermoplastics - each composed of as many as 12 layers of varying polymers - are produced... ► Artikel lesen | ||
24.11.20 | Innovative monitoring technology aims at detecting plastic waste on the sea floor | 559 | BREMEN, November 24 (WNM/Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz/Andrea Fink) - Only a small part of the plastic waste in the oceans floats on the surface, the rest sinks to deeper waters... ► Artikel lesen | ||
23.11.20 | Plastic recycling from Europe is being dumped in Asian waters | 374 | GALWAY, IRELAND, November 23 (WNM/NUI Galway) - New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK, Switzerland... ► Artikel lesen | ||
20.11.20 | Fuel cells for hydrogen vehicles are becoming longer lasting | 594 | BERN, November 20 (WNM/Nature Materials/Nathalie Matter) - Fuel cells are gaining in importance as an alternative to battery-operated electromobility in heavy traffic, especially since hydrogen is a... ► Artikel lesen | ||
19.11.20 | Status perception of middle class households is a climate killer | 286 | BERLIN, November 19 (WNM/Energy Research & Social Science/Ulrich von Lampe) - Conventional wisdom dictates that people buy what they need, so their energy consumption and carbon footprint inevitably... ► Artikel lesen | ||
18.11.20 | Carbon pricing can reduce social inequality - study | 369 | BERLIN, November 18 (WNM/Environmental and Resource Economics/Ulrich von Lampe) - Since the protest actions of the "yellow vests" in France began in 2018, the following is a much heard argument: as... ► Artikel lesen | ||
17.11.20 | Natural UV radiation in winter not strong enough against coronavirus | 376 | VIENNA, November 17 (WNM/Photochemistry and Photobiology/Nina Grötschl) - Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is known to act as a natural environmental virucide. The virucidal effectivity of UVR depends... ► Artikel lesen | ||
16.11.20 | Rivers melt Arctic ice, warming air and ocean | 391 | FAIRBANKS, November 16 (WNM/Science Advances) - A new study shows that increased heat from Arctic rivers is melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and warming the atmosphere. The study published this week... ► Artikel lesen | ||
13.11.20 | EU Green Deal: Good for a climate-neutral Europe - bad for the planet | 455 | KARLSRUHE, November 12 (WNM/Nature) - Europe is to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 - this goal of the "Green Deal" was announced by the EU in late 2019. Carbon emissions shall be... ► Artikel lesen | ||
12.11.20 | Atmospheric rivers help create massive holes in Antarctic sea ice | 399 | NEW-BRUNSWICK, November 12 (WNM/Science Advances) - Warm, moist rivers of air in Antarctica play a key role in creating massive holes in sea ice in the Weddell Sea and may influence ocean conditions... ► Artikel lesen | ||
11.11.20 | Chronic stress causes genetic changes in chickens | 389 | UPPSALA, November 11 (WNM/Frontiers in Genetics) - Subjected to chronic stress, animals show deterioration in their general state of health and a weakened immune system, which is unfortunate in terms... ► Artikel lesen | ||
10.11.20 | Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics | 391 | EXETER, November 10 (WNM/University of Exeter) - Environmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, new research suggests. The study, by the University of the West of England... ► Artikel lesen | ||
09.11.20 | Carbon pricing could prompt greener, smarter post-COVID recovery - IIASA | 395 | VIENNA, 9. November (WNM/Climate Policy/Ansa Heyl) - While endorsed by many economists, carbon pricing has been slower to gain traction because of its potential to shock economies and the difficulty... ► Artikel lesen | ||
06.11.20 | Rising global temperature shows 'enormous challenge' of meeting climate goal | 412 | GENEVA, November 6 (WNM/WMO) - Annual global temperature is likely to be at least 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels in each of the coming five years, putting globally agreed climate change targets... ► Artikel lesen | ||
05.11.20 | Growing use of nitrogen fertilizers in food production poses an increasing climate threat | 409 | NORWICH, November 5 (WNM/Nature) - Rising nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are jeopardizing the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a major new study by an international team of scientists.... ► Artikel lesen |