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5. December 2018
Conflict of interest policy and caution on gene drives at UN biodiversity talks Climate change and biodiversity losses loom large on the list of global environmental concerns. While the international media attention is squarely focused on the UN process for tackling climate…
4. December 2018
Winter weather extremes in the US and Europe Giant airstreams in the stratosphere bring record-cold temperatures and frigid winds to to the Northeast of the United States. The so-called "polar vortex" are often drivers for such winter weather…
23. November 2018
Project in the Valley of the Bast Palms continues Last year, Naturefund started a pilot project in Malawi and supported 20 smallholder families to switch from conventional cultivation to species-rich cultivation with dynamic agroforestry.
1. November 2018
Extreme weather will likely become more frequent due to stalling of giant waves in the atmosphere Computer simulations predict a strong increase of events in which the undulations of the jet stream in the atmosphere stop moving along and grow very large. This can favor more frequent extreme…
30. October 2018
IPCC report on 1.5°C: Unprecedented transformation needed to reach climate targets Limiting global warming to 1.5° Celsius would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, says a new detailed assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
15. October 2018
Short-term policies can bring long-term targets in reach To make climate policy more stringent, a smart sequencing of measures is a promising option. An international team of researchers now proposes a framework for doing so using policy sequencing –…
20. August 2018
Summer weather is stalling Nice sunny days can grow into heat waves – and wildfires: summer weather is stalling. Be it heavy downpours or super-hot spells, summer weather becomes more persistent in North America, Europe and…
7. May 2018
Formation of coal almost turned earth into a snowball While burning coal today causes Earth to overheat, about 300 million years ago the formation of that same coal brought our planet close to global glaciation.
2. April 2018
Share of green electricity in the electricity mix is rising In October 2017, the green electricity share reached a new record high. Never before has more green electricity been generated in Germany in one month.
5. March 2018
The farmer from Ankorabe in Madagascar For many, Madagascar is a distant place. We want to introduce you to the village of Ankorabe, from which many families work with us.