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 habitats affect plant defense

An international team of researchers has investigated the question of whether the chemical defenses of plants changes when they have established themselves in new geographical regions. Greenhouse experiments with populations…

Artificial Intelligence for Improved Baltic Sea Protection

Innovative Monitoring Concept for the Eckernförde Bay Receives State Funding. Artificial intelligence will help improve the monitoring of the ecological condition of the Eckernförde Bay in the future. The linking…

Rice lab finds better way to handle hard-to-recycle material

Process transforms glass fiber-reinforced plastic into silicon carbide. Glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP), a strong and durable composite material, is widely used in everything from aircraft parts to windmill blades. Yet…

New method for assessing climate change risks to ecosystems

The Bayreuth plant ecologists Prof Dr Steven Higgins and Dr Timo Conradi argue in favour of interpreting the coming climatic changes from the perspective of plants in order to better…

New climate model

More extreme rainfall in tropics with increased temperatures. Understanding cloud patterns in our changing climate is essential to making accurate predictions about their impact on society and nature. Scientists at…

The ocean as ally in climate protection

How does ocean alkalinity enhancement affect marine life? In a multi-week experiment starting today, scientists led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel investigate if the addition of rock…

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