Centerfor Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN)

When individual countries clear less of their rainforests, they receive a financial reward from the United Nations (UN). In this regard, it is up to each country to prove how much of its local rainforests was preserved. But the costs involved in delivering the proof can be higher than the prospective bonus payments, as...

The garfish has a long, pointed nose and grass-green bones. It is a predatory fish in the Baltic Sea, where it has almost no natural predators itself. If the size of its population changes, it affects other fish and organisms in the food web, e.g. the herring. The ties between predator and prey have always been complex in...

Our forests make essential contributions to climate protection: they absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, and store it. Further, many long-lived wood products, which can be manufactured using comparatively low-emissions methods, can store carbon for extended periods of time. Taken together, the forests and wood products store...