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9. January 2019
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,…
3. January 2019
Record-wet and record-dry months increased in regions worldwide: climate change drives rainfall extremes More and more rainfall extremes are observed in regions around the globe – triggering both wet and dry records, a new study shows.
16. December 2018
More water in Tunari National Park, Bolivia Naturefund, AGRECOL Andes and CETM are building simple water basins for smallholder families in Tunari National Park in the municipalities of Sacaba, Tiquipaya, Quillacollo and Vinto, which are…
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…