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Do | Climate change has caused billions of dollars in flood damages | 158 | STANFORD, January 14 (WNM/Stanford University) - In a new study, Stanford researchers report that intensifying precipitation contributed one-third of the financial costs of flooding in the United States... ► Artikel lesen | ||
Mo | Computer scientists: We would not be able to control superintelligent machines | 111 | BERLIN, January 11 (WNM/Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research/Artur Krutsch) - Suppose someone were to program an AI system with intelligence superior to that of humans, so it could learn independently.... ► Artikel lesen | ||
07.01. | The new face of the Antarctic - study | 152 | BREMERHAVEN, 7. Januar (WNM/Biological Reviews/Sebastian Grote) - Never before have researchers arrived at so many new findings on the biological and biochemical processes at work in the Antarctic than... ► Artikel lesen | ||
05.01. | Plastics pose threat to human health, report shows | 149 | BETHESDA, MARYLAND, January 5 (WNM/The Endocrine Society) - Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health. An authoritative... ► Artikel lesen | ||
04.01. | Climate crisis is causing lakes to shrink | 135 | BREMEN, January 4 (WNM/Communications Earth & Environment/Ulrike Prange) - Climate change is impacting not only the oceans, but also large inland lakes. As the world's largest lake, the Caspian Sea... ► Artikel lesen | ||
22.12.20 | Plastic-eating enzyme 'cocktail' heralds new hope for plastic waste | 188 | PORTSMOUTH, December 22 (WNM/Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) - A second enzyme, found in the same rubbish dwelling bacterium that lives on a diet of plastic bottles, has been combined... ► Artikel lesen | ||
21.12.20 | Researchers significantly increase fuel efficiency in the real world of road transport | 193 | STUTTGART, December 21 (WNM/ Forschungsvereinigung Verbrennungskraftmaschinen/Stephanie Smieja) - Car manufacturers must improve the energy efficiency of petrol engine-driven vehicles significantly... ► Artikel lesen | ||
17.12.20 | Empowering women could help address climate change | 193 | LAXENBURG, AUSTRIA, December 17 (WNM/Nature Communications/Ansa Heyl) - Vulnerability and exposure to the effects of climate change differs significantly across social groups, defined not only by income... ► Artikel lesen | ||
16.12.20 | Climate impacts of food production not reflected in prices | 206 | AUGSBURG, DECEMBER 16 (WNM/Nature Communications/Manuela Rutsatz) - Agriculture is one of the main sources of man-made greenhouse gases, accounting for 24 % of global emissions. This figure alone shows... ► Artikel lesen | ||
15.12.20 | Cooperation across boundaries and sectors could boost sustainable development in South Asia | 188 | LAXENBURG, AUSTRIA, December 15 (WNM/Nature Sustainability/Ansa Heyl) - Countries in South Asia's Indus River Basin could lower costs for development and reduce soil pollution and water stress by cooperating... ► Artikel lesen | ||
14.12.20 | World population likely to shrink after mid-century | 225 | SEATTLE, WA, December 14 (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 | ||
11.12.20 | Africa benefits from trade with Asia and China - study | 221 | KIEL, December 11 (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 | ||
10.12.20 | Climate change exacerbates biodiversity loss | 228 | KARLSRUHE, December 10 (WNM/Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) - A considerable number of existing and proposed post-2020 biodiversity targets by international organizations are at risk... ► Artikel lesen | ||
09.12.20 | Climate damage to the global economy greater than expected | 223 | 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 | 232 | 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 | 257 | 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 | 250 | 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 | 274 | 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 | 253 | 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 | 349 | 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 | 233 | 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 | 290 | 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 | 282 | 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 | 259 | 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 | 415 | 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 |