In this post, the blog team revisits the 3 most read posts of the year 2020, and wishes all readers a happy and safe holiday season.
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New large coordinated research project on multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about the new project RESIST which investigates the effects of multiple stressors on stream food webs and ecosystem functioning.
Continue reading“Daily Poison, Pesticides” – New popular science textbook
In this post, Carsten Brühl introduces a new popular science book by Johann Zaller, titled “Daily Poison, Pesticides – an Underestimated Danger”. The book sheds light on the usage and environmental effects of pesticides, written for scientists and non-scientists alike.
Continue readingFungicide exposure induces sensitivity differences in aquatic life stages of frogs
In this post, Carsten Brühl and Elena Adams explain the background to their new published paper on amphibian sensitivity at different aquatic life stages and acute effects from aquatic fungicide exposure.
Continue readingOnline lecture on “Carbon Dynamics in Running Waters: From Water-Air Interface to Sediments”
The Quantitative Landscape Ecology Group and the Graduate School SystemLink from the University of Koblenz-Landau would like to invite you to an online lecture by Dr. Pascal Bodmer on 9 November 2020.
Continue readingPHOTOPUR Online-Symposium: 2 Days of Ecotoxicology, Wastewater & Green Technologies
The PHOTOPUR project is inviting you to a free scientific symposium on the treatment and evaluation of pesticide-contaminated wastewater using green technologies, hosted online on Zoom on December 9 and 10, 2020.
Continue readingChemicals cross boundaries: New book highlights the water-land interface
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh and Ralf Schulz talk about a new book on contaminants and ecological interfaces, edited by Johanna M Kraus, David M Walters (both USGS) and Marc. A Mills (US EPA).
Continue readingNew online lecture on “Mechanisms underlying biodiversity patterns in river-like dendritic networks”
The Quantitative Landscape Ecology Group and the Graduate School SystemLink from the University of Koblenz-Landau would like to invite you to an online lecture by Dr. Isabelle Gounand (Institut d’Écologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris (iEES-Paris); Sorbonne Université) on 28 October 2020.
Continue readingFree webinar series on plastic pollution and microplastics
The EU project LimnoPlast is hosting a free webinar series called #microplastinar, “Moving from Sources to Solutions for Microplastics”, starting in November 2020.
Continue readingInsectExpo: What are the risks of agricultural pesticides to insects?
With observations of declining insects in agricultural landscapes, research is focusing on figuring out the role of potential stressors, such as structural homogeneity, fertilizer and pesticide inputs. In this blog, Carolina Honert explains how their project “InsectExpo” can fill these knowledge gaps.
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