Studies and Analyses

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Even psychological placebos have an effect

Psychotherapy and placebos are both psychological interventions that not only have comparable effects, but that are also based on very similar mechanisms. Both…

Rainfall extremes are connected across continents: Nature study

The researchers developed a new method rooted in complex systems science to analyze satellite data. The revealed extreme rainfall patterns are likely linked to…

Lubricant for oil tankers

Ships are among the worst fuel guzzlers in the world. Together, they burn an estimated 250 million tonnes per year and emit around one billion tonnes of carbon…

The Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater – a Ticking Time Bomb

Climate change and its immediate, already perceptible consequences, such as the melting of the polar ice caps or coral bleaching, are regularly the focus of…

Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up

“Water is used in electricity generation, both directly for hydropower and indirectly for cooling in thermoelectric power plants,” said climate scientist Noah…

New study first to predict which oil and gas wells are leaking methane

A new study just published in the journal Environmental Geosciences is the first to offer a profile of which wells are the most likely culprits.

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