Set-aside agricultural areas only recover slowly and not completely without active renaturation measures, even after decades. This is reported by an international team in Journal of Ecologyincluding researchers from the Center for Biodiversity Research (iDiV), the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Universities of Halle-Wittenberg and Leipzig.The team compared 17 formerly agricultural grasslands in the US state of Minnesota with areas that had never been tilled. The fields had been shut down at various times between 1927 and...
Environment Retention areas best protection against flooding The so-called closing structure of the Straussfurt flood retention basin. photo © Martin Schutt/dpa Rivers that have burst their banks can devastate entire regions, destroy towns or kill people. An EU study shows which protective measure could be the most efficient. According to an EU study, retention areas are the most cost-effective method of reducing potential future damage from river floods. In the European Union and Great Britain, flood damage could increase to...
Activists stick themselves to the roadways in Berlin, Cologne, Leipzig, Düsseldorf and other cities and obstruct traffic. In Berlin, blockers are said to have been physically attacked by annoyed drivers. Activists from the "Last Generation" climate protection movement blocked streets in several cities at the start of the week. In the capital Berlin, there were also clashes with drivers during a blockade on Monday morning. According to a dpa reporter, around five drivers from different cars insulted the blockers on...
Activists stick themselves to the roadways in Berlin, Cologne, Leipzig, Düsseldorf and other cities and obstruct traffic. source site
After the severe earthquakes in Turkey and Syria with more than 1,500 dead and thousands injured, several states assure their willingness to help. International reactions at a glance:Declared despite severe diplomatic tensions with Turkey Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: "Greece will help immediately." The country has rescue teams with extensive experience in earthquake-stricken regions, as Greece - like Turkey - experiences tremors on and off.Athens and Ankara have been at odds over sovereign rights in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean...
Environment Study: Insects not adequately protected worldwide The Delias Eucharis butterfly is also not adequately protected. photo © Shawan Chowdhury/iDiv/dpa They have six legs and are found everywhere - except for the open sea and the polar regions: insects. However, their diversity needs better protection, a new study shows. Insects are not adequately protected from extinction worldwide. This is shown by a study published in the specialist magazine "One Earth". A team of researchers studied how insects are represented in...
Environmentalists describe the ailing aircraft carrier as a "30,000-ton poison package." source site
After days of searching, experts have recovered the tiny radioactive capsule that fell from a transport truck in western Australia. Response teams from Australia's Radioactive Conservation and Nuclear Safety Authority (ARPANSA) and the Fire Service discovered the highly dangerous capsule south of the outback mining town of Newman. reported the broadcaster ABC on Wednesday, citing the Western Australian state government."I would like to stress that this is an exceptional result," said the regional minister for emergency services, Stephen Dawson. "The...
Ammonia is used as a raw material for fertilizer and as a transport form of hydrogen. But the production consumes a lot of energy. A forest green tangle of molecular chains could solve the problem. source site
Climate change, with its often week-long periods of drought and heat, is affecting spruce trees all over Bavaria. The situation is currently most dramatic in the Franconian Forest. In the north-eastern tip of the Free State, foresters and forest owners are fighting a desperate battle against the bark beetle. The pest is one of the beneficiaries of climate change and has destroyed thousands of hectares of spruce forest in the rather quiet low mountain range within a few years. Numerous...
