Jahresarchive: 2026

What’s Happening to Antarctic Sea Ice – and Why It Matters Where You Live

Antarctica lost an area of sea ice roughly the size of Greenland in 2023. Scientists now warn the continent may be approaching a prolonged...

Energiewende: Total will angeblich aus Meereswindparks aussteigen

Der Mineralölkonzern Total hat offenbar das Interesse an Windparks in Nord- und Ostsee verloren. Das gefährdet den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien. (Windpark, Politik) Quelle:...

Population tool: How will populations across the world change in the 21st century?

We created an interactive tool that lets you test how changes in fertility rates, life expectancy, and migration rates will change future populations. How will...

Warum Klimaschutz bei Verkehr und Gebäuden stockt

Laut Expertenrat wird Deutschland sein Klimaziel für 2030 verfehlen. Vor allem zwei Bereiche sind dabei weiter ein Problem: Verkehr und Gebäude....

Extreme heat, floods and drought threaten lives across Latin America and Caribbean

Record-breaking temperatures, deadly floods, worsening drought and intensifying hurricanes are placing millions of people across Latin America and the Caribbean at growing risk of...

Scientists think they’ve cracked the mystery of human right-handedness

A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs and developing much larger brains. Researchers...

EEA launches 2026 photo competition — Resilient by Nature

What is the relationship between nature and society? That is the key theme of this year’s European Environment Agency (EEA) 2026 photo competition ‘Resilient...

South Korea’s population is set to shrink: what would it take to stop the decline?

How much would fertility rates, life expectancy, or migration rates need to change to stop the population from shrinking? South Korea’s population is expected...

A Canada-led clean trade pact would show that middle powers mean business

Prime Minister Mark Carney has won deserved praise for standing firm against the Trump administration’s threats and imposition of tariffs. But political credit is only...

Isotopic evidence for dietary variability among eastern Africa’s first pastoralists

Isotopic studies of human remains can track changes in dietary variation across transitions from wild food procurement to food production. In Kenya and Tanzania,...

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