"Heat waves are on the rise": PIK statement
Germany likely faces a heat wave this week. In which way is this releated to human-caused climate change?
The danger of glyphosate
What you need to know about a popular weed killer’s alleged link to cancer.
Overfishing
Ocean Overfishing is simply the taking of wildlife from the sea at rates too high for fished species to replace themselves.
More CO2 than ever before in 3 million years, shows unprecedented computer simulation
CO2 greenhouse gas amounts in the atmosphere are likely higher today than ever before in the past 3 million years. For the first time, a team of scientists succeeded to do a computer simulation that…
The problem of food waste
Sadly, it is not an exaggeration to say that food waste is one of the biggest problems facing mankind today.
Palm oil - deforestation for everyday products
Palm oil is literally everywhere – in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels. It’s a source of huge profits for multinational corporations, while at the same time destroying the livelihoods…
Amazon forest can be trained by higher rainfall variability – but may be no match for climate change
The Amazon rainforest has evolved over millions of years and even through ice ages. Yet today, human influences and global climate change put this huge ecosystem at risk of large-scale dieback – with…
Rainfall extremes are connected across continents: Nature study
Extreme rainfall events in one city or region are connected to the same kind of events thousands of kilometers away, an international team of experts finds in a study now published in one of the…
Global warming didn’t pause - researchers disentangle “hiatus” confusion
The reality of ongoing climate warming might seem plainly obvious today, after the four warmest years on record and a summer of weather extremes in the whole northern hemisphere.
Vertical Farms
Agricultural systems are facing some serious problems. Nutritious food is getting more expensive. Agricultural run-off creates massive dead-zones in the ocean. Water tables are falling the world over,…
