Biology

UN plastic agreements: what did it fail?

Plastic waste is causing enormous damage in the world's oceans and beyond. © Tolgart/ iStock Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental problems of...

Heat waves particularly add to tropical birds

Tukane live in the tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America. © Agustavop/iStock Due to climate change, extreme weather events such as heat...

Do the tropics threaten devastating droughts?

In parts of the Amazon rainforest, the rain could in future decrease by almost half. © Piyaset/ iStock The tropical regions around the globe are...

Ultra-hard mollusca teeth

The beetle snail Acanthartollura Japonica wears extremely hard, iron -containing teeth on its Rasponian tongue. As for this, researchers have now informed. © Michiko...

When fleas of foxes jump to humans

Berlin city fox. © Leibniz-Izw/Jon A. Juarez Several cases of flea infestation have recently been reported to people in Berlin. Experts suspect a connection with...

UN plastic agreements: Is the agreement now?

In many places there is a lack of functioning collecting and recycling systems for plastic waste. A global agreement should now change this. ©...

Why our birds are currently silent

Spring concert, silence in summer: robbery is among the earliest and most eager singers - but they too fall silent after the breeding season....

Huge flood cracked crater in Greenland’s ice shield

Satella recording of the Harder glacier in the north of Greenland. © ESA/ Copernicus Sentinel Data Due to the global warming, the Greenland ice...

Dwarf basil sells plant pests

Dwarf basil can combat pests and put on beneficials. © DJGunner/ iStock If plants are affected by pests, many people use pesticides to combat them....

Invasive intruders in the Mediterranean

More and more non -alien species are pushing into the Mediterranean, where they benefit from the rising water temperatures. Local species are increasingly under...

Intruder

The red fire fish has spread from the Indian ocean over the Red Sea into the Mediterranean. © vitalii6447 / stock.adobe.com More and more non -alien...

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