The International Institute for Environmental Studies (IIES) offers a free online seminar series entitled “Air Pollution & Human Health”, running every Wednesday from February 20, 2019, to May 2, 2019.
Continue readingCan we use an American leaf shredder to assess sediment-associated metal risks in Europe?
In this post, Jochen Zubrod reports on their recently published paper “Is Hyalella azteca a suitable model leaf-shredding benthic crustacean for testing the toxicity of sediment-associated metals in Europe?”.
Continue reading“Don’t forget me”: aquatic insects, a disregarded taxonomic class in the assessment of fungicide toxicity in detritivorous invertebrates
In this post, Marco Konschak writes about their recently published paper “Waterborne and diet-related effects of inorganic and organic fungicides on the insect leaf shredder Chaetopteryx villosa (Trichoptera)”.
Continue readingGETREAL: Getting real about the sensitivity of communities to pesticides
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about their new project “Assessing spatial and temporal variability in species assemblages and potential implications for chemical risk assessments”.
Continue readingAfter over 20 years of commercial use of GM crops, the impact on aquatic environments is insufficiently investigated
In this post, Antonia Pott talks about their recently published paper “Impact of genetically modified organisms on aquatic environments: Review of available data for the risk assessment”.
Continue readingDo agricultural pesticides in streams influence riparian spiders?
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about their recently published paper “Do agricultural pesticides in streams influence riparian spiders?”.
Continue readingWastewater – a mix of micropollutants with diverse effects in local species
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “Wastewater alters feeding rate but not vitellogenin level of Gammarus fossarum (Amphipoda)”.
Continue readingInsecticides threaten U.S. surface waters
In this post, Jakob Wolfram talks about their recently published paper “Meta-analysis of Insecticides in U.S. Surface Waters: Status and Future Implications”.
Continue readingPredicting current and future background ion concentrations in German surface water under climate change
In this post, Trong Dieu Hien Le talks about their recently published paper “Predicting current and future background ion concentrations in German surface water under climate change”.
Are stress responses similar across different regions?
In this post, Verena Schreiner talks about a recently published paper entitled “Similar recovery time of microbial functions from fungicide stress across biogeographical regions”.