Earth & Climate

The dark side of floating solar systems

Scientists install a floating solar system on a test pond. © Jason Koski/Cornell University ...

How mites “hitchhikers”

A colibri flower mite stretches out its front legs towards an electrode after recognizing an electrostatic field. © Carlos García-Robledo ...

Photo worth seeing: Fascinating white world

It is 68 meters long and 2,300 tons on stilts in the...

Our fields are chronically contaminated with pesticides

German arable land is chronically contaminated with pesticides. © fotokostic/ iStock Pesticides have...

Photo worth seeing: What is the German Research Foundation doing?

Over 30,000 funded projects and an annual budget of 3.9 billion euros:...

Photo worth seeing: Starry sky over the desert

Clear and dark nights like these are essential for the work at...

New advances in recycling – Innovative technologies for a sustainable future

Recycling conserves resources, reduces pollution and promotes sustainable growth for future generations. © Farknot Architect / Adobe Stock ...

Photo worth seeing: A California burn

Flames raged around Los Angeles in the US state of California in...

Forest fires change local climates for decades

Burning coniferous forest in the Canadian province of British Columbia © edb3_16/ iStock ...

Photo worth seeing: Giving up wasn’t an option

The central sentence in Katalin Karikó's description of her life and research...

Photo worth seeing: Can the value of the earthworm be quantified?

How much do the world's earthworms contribute to agricultural yields? The results of a quantitative study on this question are impressive... more Looking into the...

In 2024 the 1.5 degree threshold was exceeded for the first time

Soil air temperature anomalies for 2024 compared to the average of the reference period 1991-2020. Data: ERA5. © C3S / ECMWF ...

Photo worth seeing: AI for teaching the future

How could artificial intelligence promote learning? In the EdTech Lab at the...

Photo worth seeing: The history of our crops

Although the number of edible plants is hard to keep track of,...

Photo worth seeing: The mathematics of cartography

You can easily make a cylinder out of a sheet of paper...

Wind causes snowflakes to shrink and grow

In Antarctica, the wind transports enormous amounts of snow and thus influences the water balance in this zone, which is important for the global...

Photo worth seeing: A suffering shared is a suffering halved

Some of our closest living relatives, the bonobos, are increasingly becoming orphaned...

Photo worth seeing: Digital fingerprints for art

An innovative app can now be used to check the authenticity of...

Photo worth seeing: In the forest of butterflies

These “clumps” on trees at Mexico’s El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary are...

Photo worth seeing: Roman art among the Germanic peoples

The State Museum of Prehistory in Halle presents ancient agate artifacts that...

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