Author Archives: MS

Antibiotics as a silent driver of climate change?

In this blog post, Eric Bollinger provides a brief overview of their recently published paper regarding the effects of antibiotics on methane production in sediments. The study links topics from ecotoxicology, environmental physics, and molecular ecology in the context of climate change.

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Pesticides fly under the radar of official monitoring

The governmental monitoring under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) shall monitor the status of European water bodies. By carrying out a refined monitoring, a group of scientists from Leipzig and Landau now showed that pesticide risk in surface waters remains widely unnoticed in the WFD monitoring.

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Stronger effects of fungicides in the hyporheic than in the benthic zone

In this blog post, Eric Bollinger provides a brief overview of their recently published paper regarding fungicide effects on microbial leaf decomposition in sediments.

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12 doctoral research positions in SystemLink at Campus Landau

The DFG-funded research training group ‘SystemLink’ at University of Koblenz – Landau is offering 12 doctoral research positions as part of its second cohort.

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4 Tenure-Track positions in School of the Environment at Peterborough Campus, Trent University

Different departments under the School of the Environment at Peterborough Campus of Trent University are offering full-time tenure-track positions. This blogpost gives a short description of these positions and their requirements for aspiring applicants.

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And its a wrap: Happy New Year 2022!

As the year comes to an end, the blogteam of EcotoxBlog and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES) at the University of Koblenz – Landau everyone a very happy and prosperous new year 2022!

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Year in Review – Part 3

In the third installment of the ‘Year in Review’ series, we present our readers a glimpse of the last lot of most visited posts in the year 2021. 

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Year in Review – Part 2

In the second installment of the ‘Year in Review’ series, we give our readers a glimpse of 3 most visited posts in the year 2021. 

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The mistletoe season is here again: Merry Christmas!

On the occasion of the festive season, the blogteam of EcotoxBlog and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES) at the University of Koblenz – Landau wishes its readers and blog contributors a merry and joyful Christmas!

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Year in Review – Part 1

In this first installment of the ‘Year in Review’ series, we would like to give our readers a glimpse of some of the best blogposts of the year 2021.

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