Ecology, The Environment and Conservation

This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles on topics such as climate protection, landscape conservation, ecological systems, wildlife and nature parks and ecosystem efficiency and balance.

New module for the collection of ultrafine particles on the Zugspitze

On Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, the air is thin and contains very few pollutants. Ultrafine particles only exist there when they are transported through the atmosphere over long distances….

Microplastics stick around in human airways

Fluid dynamics simulations show how harmful plastic particles collect inside the nose and at the back of the throat. Research shows humans might inhale about 16.2 bits of microplastic every…

The fate of plastic waste

The dispersal pathways of plastic waste in the southern North Sea have been investigated by an interdisciplinary research team led by the University of Oldenburg. A key part of the…

Breakthrough in tackling PFAS contamination

A team at Sandia National Laboratories is developing materials to tackle what has become one of the biggest problems in the world: human exposure to a group of chemicals known…

CircEl-Paper: Recyclable paper-based electronics

Billions of tons of electronic waste are produced in the EU every year. With a novel approach, the new EU project “CircEl-Paper” could sustainably improve the recycling process for electronics…

“Sustainable” condenser tumble dryers

… create hundreds of tonnes of waterborne microfiber pollution. A new study has revealed that drying laundry using a condenser tumble dryer leads to hundreds of tonnes of potentially harmful…

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