60 per cent of the world's land area in a precarious state
A new study maps the planetary stress limit of the ‘functional integrity of the biosphere’ in spatial detail and over centuries. According to the study, 60 percent of global land areas are already outside the locally defined safe zone and 38 percent are even in the high-risk zone. The study was conducted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in collaboration with BOKU University and has now been published in the renowned journal One Earth.
Web link to the article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101393
KEEP IT CO₂OL – Tech to the rescue?
The new exhibition “KEEP IT CO₂OL” by focusTerra is dedicated to a gas that makes our lives possible – and at the same time has become one of the greatest challenges of our time: carbon dioxide – CO₂.
WSU entomologist launches massive pollen-mapping project
PULLMAN, Wash. — Pollinators like honey bees require healthy food to survive and thrive. To learn more about the pollen they gather and the nutrients within it, Washington State University is leading a new endeavor dubbed the Pacific Northwest Pollen Atlas.
The new project, which aims to map and describe pollen, could impact pollinator health, and in turn, the food humans eat that depend on pollination.
