“It used to be very difficult to detect which chronic effects occur,” explains Dr Matthias Liess, head of the UFZ's System Ecotoxicology Department. In their…
In order to foresee the appearance of desertification processes, defined by the United Nations as the “degradation of the land into arid, semi-arid and…
Leather handbags and chunks of red meat: when wildlife specialists find these items in shipping containers, luggage, or local markets, they can now use newly…
Watermelon vine decline (WVD) is a new and emerging disease that has created devastating economic losses for watermelon producers in Florida. Caused by the…
An old friend of mine, who has visited Japan often over many years, says attitudes of Japanese people towards clothing have changed significantly, as many…
An international team of scientists, led by Darrell Kaufman, a Northern Arizona University professor of geology and environmental science, recently completed a…