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Martin Obst (University of Bayreuth)16/01/2026, 08:15
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Daniel Holder (Bayreuth Uni)16/01/2026, 11:00
The dismantling of environmental regulations poses a significant and irreversible threat to the health, safety, and economic well-being of the American populace. Since their introduction, environmental safeguards have played a crucial role in mitigating the adverse effects of pollution, preserving natural resources, and ensuring public health. The systematic reduction of these regulations have...
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Shashank Nagabhushan (University of Bayreuth)16/01/2026, 11:30
From 1978 to 2001, endosulfan was aerially sprayed over cashew plantations in Kasaragod, Kerala to control tea mosquito bugs. After people started reporting health issues, spraying stopped and India banned the pesticide in 2011.
Despite the ban, residues are still found in the soil. Understanding how long endosulfan persists, how exposure happened, and what health effects followed helps to...
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Theodoros Schönhoff16/01/2026, 13:00
Oil spills pose a significant threat to marine ecosystems and can have severe economic impacts on sea-related countries like Greece. The Gulf of Saronikos in particular is prone to such contaminations, as it lies on one of the main shipping routes of Greece. In this work the extent and ecological impact of its most recent oil spill, caused by the sinking of the Agia Zoni II tanker in 2017, was...
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Carina Freudling16/01/2026, 13:30
Alpine glaciers have served as cold traps and long-term reservoirs for Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and can act as secondary source as they melt. PCBs were widely used since the 1940s and, due to their persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic properties were banned internationally in 2004.
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Recent climate warming accelerates glacier melting, releasing these stored PCBs into downstream... -
Valeria Astete Dalence (University of Bayreuth)16/01/2026, 14:00
The Milluni Dams, located in La Paz, supply two of Bolivia’s biggest cities with fresh water. However, their water quality is affected by legal and illegal mining activities, posing a threat to human health and nature. For this reason, it is important to monitor different points in this area and analyze what kind of species can be found there. This study locates four points for monitoring and...
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Anna Lena Vienken16/01/2026, 14:50
Pharmaceutical residues represent an emerging class of micropollutants in German aquatic systems. With an aging population in Germany, pharmaceutical consumption has also risen in the last few decades. Furthermore, veterinary pharmaceuticals are widely used in agriculture. While human pharmaceuticals, their transformation products, and their metabolites are often not completely removed by...
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Nele Heiland16/01/2026, 15:20Water
Oceans and marine ecosystems serve as critical components for the global carbon cycle, yet their sequestration capacity is increasingly threatened by multiple, interlinked anthropogenic stressors. Microplastic pollution for instance is now pervasive across blue-carbon ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass systems, influencing sediment characteristics, biological activity...
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