In this second and final installment of the ‘Highlights of 2023’ series, we give our readers a glance of another 3 most visited posts in this year.
Continue readingHighlights of 2023 (Part 2)
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The Impact of Pesticides on Biodiversity: A Case Study of Banana Production in Costa Rica
In this blog post, Carsten Brühl is explaining the background and findings of a review produced together with colleagues of the Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET) at Universidad Nacional (UNA), in Costa Rica that focusses on pesticide use in banana plantations and addresses exposure and effects in environment and human health. The review is the result of a DFG – Conare collaboration funding.
Continue readingMeet jointPE – A long-term pot experiment of our SystemLink group
In this post, Kai Riess and Verena Rösch highlight a long-term pot experiment to evaluate the effects of anthropogenic stressors on native plants, soil organisms, and rhizosphere properties.
Continue readingTropical Ecotoxicology and Exchange with Costa Rica
In this post, Lara Petschick, Sebastian Stehle and Carsten Brühl share their experiences when visiting Costa Rica to establish a collaboration on Tropical Ecotoxicology with colleagues from the University Nacional in Heredia.
Continue readingOverlooked but decisive: a review on fungicide risks in aquatic systems
In this post, Jochen Zubrod reports on their recently published paper “Fungicides – an overlooked pesticide class?”.
Continue reading“Simple is better”: A simple model predicts pesticide concentrations in the environment more reliably
Anja Knäbel reports about their recent paper “Aquatic exposure predictions of insecticide field concentrations using a multimedia mass-balance model”.