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.
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»SCIP Plastics« Project Worth Millions Launches in Weimar and Bangladesh. Approximately 480 tonnes of waste end up of the streets of Khulna, the largest city in the densely populated Ganges…
Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has…
An Indo-Swiss research team led by Empa researchers is developing an ecological and solidarity-based business model that reduces the environmental impact of e-waste recycling. In this way, micro-entrepreneurs without investment…
In both the Arctic and Antarctic, the contamination with hazardous chemicals has been increasing. The German Environment Agency (UBA) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon together hosted the workshop „Act now –…
Scientists identify key features in microbes that predict how warming affects carbon dioxide emissions. The Science Microbes play an important role in climate because they release carbon dioxide into the…
Protected areas are among the most effective tools for preserving biodiversity. However, new protected areas are often created without considering existing ones. This can lead to an overrepresentation of the…