Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

The work of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ covers both basic research and applied research.

Can the use of large herbivores can be an effective means to prevent and mitigate wildfires?

Have we reached a tipping point for global plastic pollution?

New smartphone perspectives for rapid detection of biodiversity changes

Critical Information Needed in Fight to Save Wildlife

An international group of top biologists led by UConn ecologist Mark Urban is calling for a coordinated effort to gather important species information that is urgently needed to improve predictions for the impact of climate change on future biodiversity. We need to pull on our boots, grab our binoculars, and go back into the field

Critical Information Needed in Fight to Save Wildlife

Renewable planetary resources reach their limits

Humanity should use planetary resources with care Can the world continue expanding its use of renewable resources at an increasing rate? Most likely not. Using a data set of over 25 resources researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Yale University and Michigan State University demonstrate that several key resources have recently passed,

Renewable planetary resources reach their limits

The potential of straw for the energy mix has been underestimated

Straw from agriculture could play an important role in the future energy mix for Germany. Up until now it has been underutilised as a biomass residue and waste material. These were the conclusions of a study conducted by the TLL (Thueringian regional institute for agriculture), the DBFZ (German biomass research center) and the Helmholtz Center

The potential of straw for the energy mix has been underestimated

Luminous Bacterial Proteins Detect Chemicals in Water

This is the concept: If the analyzed sample shines red, then the water is ‘clean;’ While residual medications don’t belong in the water, trace metals from industrial process waters handled by the recycling industry are, in contrast, valuable resources. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a simple color sensor principle which facilitates the

Luminous Bacterial Proteins Detect Chemicals in Water

Breast cancer breakthrough is a tribute to our scientists

TALKING of heroes, Victorian scientists have done it again with another major breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer. As the Sunday Herald Sun reports on page 7 today, a team from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has announced it is working on a type of vaccine that “mops” up breast cancer cells left after radiation treatment.

Breast cancer breakthrough is a tribute to our scientists

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Forest edges in the tropics increase carbon emissions
According to scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), these forests are becoming fragmented at a higher rate than expected. By analysing high-resolution satellite data ...
Forest edges in the tropics increase carbon emissions
The deforestation of the tropical rainforests is progressing unstoppably. According to scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), these forests are becoming fragmented at a ...
Large herbivore can reduce fire risks
Leipzig. The use of large herbivores can be an effective means to prevent and mitigate wildfires, especially in places facing land abandonment. They can replace much more costly solutions like ...
Guest post: How artificial intelligence is fast becoming a key tool for climate science
Climate scientists have another tool available to them thanks to rapid advances in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and, particularly, machine learning.
The 'phytoplankton factory' -- from nutrients to algae growth
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, the University of Liverpool and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have developed a new model for studying ...

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Forest edges in the tropics increase carbon emissions - Phys.org
September 8, 2021
Large herbivore can reduce fire risks: Around the world, wildfires are posing major risks to people and nature; domestic and wild animals can help prevent them - Science Daily
September 8, 2021
Floods, fires, and extreme heat: disaster pile-ups are the new norm - The Verge
September 3, 2021
Large herbivores can reduce forest fire risks - Phys.org
September 6, 2021
Why you should consider becoming a doctoral representative - Nature.com
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Amazing space images of the week
Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite pictures from space here! Perseverance drills a hole to take a sample August 30 - September 5 ...
Bacteria Provide Key to Recycling Durable Plastics
But a team of German scientists made a recent discovery that could provide a solution ... Heipieper, a senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, and ...
Ecological-Economic Modelling for Biodiversity Conservation
Gradually guiding the reader into the field of ecological-economic modelling by introducing mathematical models and their role in general, this book provides an overview on ecological and economic ...
Advisory Board and Editors Tuberculosis
In 2009, he became the head of the Junior Research Group “Phagosome Biology” at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig ... Tanya Parish is the Senior VP of Drug Discovery at IDRI ...
Dalhousie Coastal Hydrology Lab
Aaron is an Ocean Frontier Institute International Postdoctoral Fellow, working between the Centre for Water Resources Studies at Dalhousie University and the GEOMAR Helmholtz ... her environmental ...