UFZ special
On the case of climate change
Where humans have attempted to cultivate deserts, they are now struggling against soil salinisation and desiccation. Climate change will make this situation in many regions of the world worse and is already leaving its mark today. The answer to climate change has to be: Adaptation - and at the same time climate change mitigation.
Graduate School HIGRADE: Profile of the day
Name: Cristobal Girardi Lavin (Chile)
Department Umweltbiotechnologie
Research topic
Comparison of the Degradation of Biocides and Pharmaceuticals in Soils and Water systems
Press releases
26.08.2010
Scientists receive 2010 Erwin Schrödinger Prize for developing "arsenic detector"
Berlin. Millions of people, in Southeast Asia in particular, suffer from chronic arsenic poisoning due to
drinking water contaminated with the substance. Until recently, complex chemical analyses were required
to determine arsenic levels, but now a new biological testing procedure can deliver reliable results inexpensively.
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Other press releases
29.07.2010
Signs of reversal of Arctic cooling in some areas
24.06.2010
16.06.2010
Consequences of being rich: wealth and population are key drivers of invasive species in Europe
09.06.2010
Politics is a key factor in biodiversity
03.06.2010
Chinese-German collaboration yields new species of Large Blue butterfly
11.05.2010
EU Project ModelPROBE
18.01.2010
Find out more about the EU project ModelPROBE (Model Driven Soil Probing, Site Assessment & Evaluation).
ConSoil 2010
22.9. - 24.9.2010
The 11th International Conference on Management of Soil, Groundwater and Sediment takes place in Salzburg.
