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Current-use pesticides in vegetation, topsoil and water reveal contaminated landscapes of the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany

Landau, 12.03.2025 – A new study by the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, published in Communications Earth & Environment, shows extensive pesticide contamination in the landscape of the Upper Rhine Region. Pesticides disperse across the entire landscape, contaminating soil, vegetation, and water far beyond agricultural zones. The findings shed new light on the potential environmental impacts of conventional agriculture. According to the researchers, pesticide use must be reduced urgently in order to protect non-target areas around fields, orchards and vineyards.

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Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology for modelling adaptive mechanisms in living systems under stress

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Umeå University’s Department of Ecology and Environmental Science and IceLab are jointly opening a position for an assistant professor in Ecosystem Ecology linked to IceLab’s new Center for modelling adaptive mechanisms in living systems under stress.

Application deadline: 29th of April

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Open PhD position in Ecology- Fully funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand

Join a dynamic team in Aotearoa New Zealand exploring biodiversity-ecosystem functioning across meta-ecosystem boundaries. The University of Waikato is recruiting two motivated PhD students to study stream-riparian food webs and ecosystem processes.

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