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“Simple is better”: A simple model predicts pesticide concentrations in the environment more reliably

Anja Knäbel reports about their recent paper “Aquatic exposure predictions of insecticide field concentrations using a multimedia mass-balance model”.

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Effects of salinity on leaf breakdown – A Study Down Under

In this post, Landau alumnus Felix Sauer talks about their recently published paper “Effects of salinity on leaf breakdown: Dryland salinity versus salinity from a coalmine”.

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PhD position at the University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth offers a PhD position Developing biomarkers of sewage effluent exposure in Gammarus.

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Postdoc position at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo is currently seeking a postdoctoral candidate for the project “Biochar as an adaptation strategy in Indonesia”. Continue reading

Post-doctoral position on the Fate and Transport of Nanoparticles in Soils

Two-years post-doctoral position in the Aquatic Geochemistry team of the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.

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Graduate Academy SERIOR: Risk and security in a trinational context

Ulrich Ufer, the Scientific Coordinator of the “Upper Rhine Trinational Graduate Academy Security-Risk-Orientation” (SERIOR), reports about the launch of this exceptional program. Continue reading

2 PhD positions at the University of Koblenz-Landau

The University of Koblenz-Landau offers 2 PhD positions dealing with the modeling of the spatial distribution of stress-constrained macroinvertebrates and their population dynamics. Continue reading

Next-generation sequencing in environmental monitoring

In this post, Kathrin Theissinger informs about the project “Effects of mining effluents on species composition and stress gene activation in aquatic macroinvertebrates in Finland”. Continue reading

Sediments – a sink or a source of pesticide contamination?

In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “The mode of bioturbation triggers pesticide remobilization from aquatic sediments”. Continue reading

Meet the Mormons

Ralf Schäfer reports from his research stay at the Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah. Continue reading