Scientific World

Biodiversity

Inland waters usually count as terrestrial areas, as was also the case at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15), held in Montreal/Canada in December 2022. But here, their relevance is not sufficiently taken into…

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Research

Brazil has set itself the goal of achieving a net zero CO2 economy by 2040. Low-carbon agriculture is to make a crucial

contribution to this goal. The scientific foundations it requires are being provided by the…

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Biodiversity

Is the presence of a high number of species within an ecosystem a sign of its stability? Is it always true that population fluctuations over time reflect poor health or threats to biodiversity? No, according to a new…

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Biodiversity

By using advanced machine learning techniques an international team led by researchers at the University of Göttingen in Germany has reconstructed the distribution of plant diversity around the world and made…

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Climate change

When peat swamps dry out they can release large amounts of greenhouse gases. Because they react so sensitively to climate changes, they are important tipping points. A study published in Nature investigates how…

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Climate change

Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels – with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5°C, according to the new report of the Global Carbon Project science team. If current…

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Agriculture

Less toil, poverty and hunger – scientists at the University of Hohenheim in Germany are analysing the potential of mechanisation for sustainable agriculture in the Global South for the latest report “The State of Food…

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Energy

In the run-up to the forthcoming COP27 World Climate Conference, experts from 50 scientific institutions are calling for a rethink in politics, research funding and research regarding Africa’s energy turnaround. A new…

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Nutrition

The agrifood systems research of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) looks at how to better connect farmers to consumers in a sustainable way, allowing for higher benefits from farming and…

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Agriculture

A recent study by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics reveals that climate-induced risks to farmers’ income can be reduced by up to 25 per cent when context-specific climate-smart…

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