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Open Innovation Challenge Calls up Start-Ups in Drive Towards Net Zero Concrete

Start-ups from around the world can play a leading role in helping an essential global industry in its efforts to cut CO2 emissions and help solve the climate challenge.

15 Mar 2023

New Feed Additive Can Significantly Reduce Methane Emissions Generated by Ruminants, Already at the Dairy Farm

Valio, A-Rehu, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the University of Helsinki are researching the potential for reducing ruminal methane emissions using a feed additive; the ‘Climate smart feeding solutions for Finnish milk production sector’ project is funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

14 Mar 2023

Will Ocean-based Climate Intervention Affect Sea Ecosystems?

The deep sea is one of the least-known areas in the world. It comprises numerous vulnerable ecosystems that play key roles in the carbon cycle.

13 Mar 2023

Researchers Use Drones to Monitor the Fragile Ecosystem in Antarctica

Researchers have been using drones to map large areas of Antarctica this summer in efforts to monitor the effects on vegetation due to climate change with the support of the Federal Government's Australian Antarctic Division.

7 Mar 2023

Can Ecosystem-Based Management Meet Conservation Goals?

Freshwater biodiversity is steadily decreasing. A research team headed by IGB and the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU), in collaboration with angling clubs, performed whole-lake experiments in 20 lakes to enhance ecological conditions in a large-scale effort.

6 Mar 2023

Moose can be Responsible for Huge Amounts of Carbon Emissions from Forests

One of the biggest potential single sources of carbon emissions from wooded parts of Norway has four legs, weighs as much as 400-550 kg and has antlers.

2 Mar 2023

Do Ants Have a Major Role in Forest Regeneration?

In early spring, a walk through an old growth forest will dazzle people with wildflowers, their jewel-like tones shining from the forest floor.

1 Mar 2023

Warming Climate Linked to Global Rise in Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Research on the impacts of climate change often considers its effects on people separately from impacts on ecosystems.

28 Feb 2023

Detailed Image of Coral Symbiosis After Mass Coral Bleaching

The Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching of 2016 has revealed a complex picture of both loss and growth within the microalgal communities of corals, according to the new study led by a team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).

27 Feb 2023

Mass Extinction Event Offers Insight Into Modern Biodiversity Crisis

Numerous mass extinctions took place throughout the Earth’s history, the most noticeable being the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the “Great Dying,” which occurred 252 million years ago.

27 Feb 2023