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Helen Mirren adds her voice to campaign against devastating plant disease Xylella
02/13/2020, Natural Hazards and Environmental Risks, CEH
A new animation narrated by Dame Helen Mirren warns of the devastation caused by the plant disease Xylella fastidiosa, which has wiped out millions of olive trees in southern read more
New emissions calculation system for all Finnish municipalities – an average emissions reduction of 15 per cent since 2005
02/11/2020, SYKE
Climate emissions have decreased in nearly all Finnish municipalities since 2005. The average decrease is 15 per cent. The reduction in municipal emissions has been driven by the read more
A new study identifies the most damaging invasive non-native species likely to arrive in the Antarctic Peninsula region
02/10/2020, Fragile Environments, CEH
The work by an international research team, led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), will inform measures to prevent and read more
Analysis outlines a new approach for assessing chemical risks
02/10/2020, Natural Hazards and Environmental Risks, CEH
Computer modelling and long-term ecological monitoring will be essential to assess the environmental risks of the rapidly growing number of chemicals across the world, according to read more
Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside
01/29/2020, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ
Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in rural areas. Researchers from central Germany have now published this result in Nature Communications. Despite a greater read more
Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures
01/23/2020, Environment and Health, UFZ
Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterise chemical mixtures. read more
Finland’s comprehensive Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) now in English
01/08/2020, Biodiversity and Land Use, SYKE
One of the most comprehensive in the world, the assessment of threatened habitat types in Finland is now available also in English. The Red List of all of Finland’s terrestrial and read more
Tracking water resilience: how a hotter planet could put pressure on our plants
12/20/2019, JRC
Failure to limit global warming will lead to a less resilient supply of the ‘green water’ that plants and crops need to thrive, according to new climate modelling from the JRC. read more