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21.09.20 | Bird diversity in the Alps in decline | 462 | ZURICH, September 20 (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 | ||
18.09.20 | COVID-19 could cause declines in life expectancy in severely affected areas | 416 | VIENNA, September 18 (WNM/International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis/Ansa Heyl) - Unless the spread of the disease is contained, COVID-19 will likely lead to reduced life expectancy in severely... ► Artikel lesen | ||
17.09.20 | UN chief calls for more efforts to address global fragilities exposed by COVID-19 | 404 | UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for more efforts to address the global fragilities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed. "We... ► Artikel lesen | ||
15.09.20 | Influenza may facilitate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 | 435 | BERLIN, September 15 (WNM/Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology) - As in past pandemics, co-circulating pathogens may play a role in the epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused... ► Artikel lesen | ||
11.09.20 | COVID-19 study links strict social distancing to much lower chance of infection | 412 | WASHINGTON, September 10 (WNM/Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) - Using public transportation, visiting a place of worship, or otherwise traveling from the home is associated... ► Artikel lesen | ||
10.09.20 | Climate engineering: modelling projections oversimplify risks | 411 | BERLIN, September 10 (WNM/Risk Analysis/Bianca Schröder) - Climate change is gaining prominence as a political and public priority. But many ambitious climate action plans foresee the use of climate... ► Artikel lesen | ||
09.09.20 | Status perception of middle class households is a climate killer | 445 | BERLIN, September 8 (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 | ||
08.09.20 | Governments that adopt strict countermeasures are big winners of the corona crisis | 357 | KIEL, September 8 (WNM/Institut für Weltwirtschaft/Guido Warlimont) - Governments that successfully contain the pandemic and adopt strict countermeasures are the big winners of the Corona Crisis. In... ► Artikel lesen | ||
07.09.20 | Plastic recycling from Europe is being dumped in Asian waters | 453 | GALWAY, IRELAND, September 6 (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 | ||
03.09.20 | Africa benefits from trade with Asia and China - study | 390 | KIEL, September 3 (WNM/Institut für Weltwirtschaft/Mathias Rauck) - Trade relations between Africa and Asia, especially China, increase the prosperity of African countries. This is because they have... ► Artikel lesen | ||
02.09.20 | World population likely to shrink after mid-century | 475 | SEATTLE, WA, September 2 (WNM/The Lancet) - Improvements in access to modern contraception and the education of girls and women are generating widespread, sustained declines in fertility, and world... ► Artikel lesen | ||
01.09.20 | MIT chemists make tough plastics recyclable | 419 | CAMBRIDGE, MA, August 31 (WNM/Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - Thermosets, which include epoxies, polyurethanes, and rubber used for tires, are found in many products that have to be durable... ► Artikel lesen | ||
27.08.20 | Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics | 381 | EXETER, August 27 (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 | ||
26.08.20 | Fuel cells for hydrogen vehicles are becoming longer lasting | 452 | BERN, August 25 (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 CO2-neutral... ► Artikel lesen | ||
25.08.20 | Climate change and land use are accelerating soil erosion by water | 430 | BASEL, August 25 (WNM/PNAS/Reto Caluori) - Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land cultivation. This was... ► Artikel lesen | ||
25.08.20 | 15 EU countries set to receive 81.4 bln euros for saving jobs during COVID-19 | 473 | BRUSSELS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) - The European Commission on Monday presented proposals to the Council of the European Union (EU) to grant 81.4 billion euros (96 billion U.S. dollars) to 15 EU member states... ► Artikel lesen | ||
24.08.20 | Apes may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection - analysis | 432 | DAVIS, August 24 (WNM/University of California) - Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study from... ► Artikel lesen | ||
21.08.20 | Greenland ice sheet shows record losses in 2019 | 455 | BREMERHAVEN, August 21 (WNM/Communications Earth & Environment/Sebastian Grote) - The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record loss of mass in 2019. This was the finding of a team of international... ► Artikel lesen | ||
20.08.20 | Climate damage to the global economy greater than expected | 390 | BERLIN, August 20 (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 | ||
19.08.20 | Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return | 419 | OHIO, August 19 (WNM/Ohio State University) - Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the... ► Artikel lesen | ||
18.08.20 | Burning electric car not more hazardous than gasoline car - trial | 448 | DÜBENDORF, SWITZERLAND, August 18 (WNM/Empa/Rainer Klose) - There' s a loud bang, and then it starts: A battery module of an electric car is on fire in the Hagerbach test tunnel. A video of the test... ► Artikel lesen | ||
17.08.20 | Forest decline continues - study | 389 | MUNICH, August 17 (WNM/Technische Universität München/Ulrich Marsch) - A study shows a dire outlook for the future of forests. Globally, forests are increasingly under pressure. Climatic extremes such... ► Artikel lesen | ||
14.08.20 | Pollution linked to antibiotic resistance | 535 | ATHENS, GEORGIA, August 14 (WNM/University of Georgia) - Antibiotic resistance is an increasing health problem, but new research suggests it is not only caused by the overuse of antibiotics. It is also... ► Artikel lesen | ||
13.08.20 | Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2035 - study | 471 | LONDON, August 13 (WNM/British Antarctic Survey) - High temperatures in the Arctic during the last interglacial - the warm period around 127,000 years ago - have puzzled scientists for decades. Now... ► Artikel lesen | ||
12.08.20 | Indigenous property rights protect the Amazon rainforest | 453 | SAN DIEGO, August 10 (WNM/University of California) - One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest - and help in the global fight against climate change - is to grant more of Brazil's... ► Artikel lesen |