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17.09.2021
 

A new study by EDGE researchers rejects a widespread assumption: Nano- and microplastics that end up on farmland through compost, sewage sludge or the...

07.09.2021
 

Cities need to prepare for heat and heavy rain more effectively: Environmental geoscientist Thilo Hofmann argues for replacing the gray infrastructure...

03.09.2021
 

Carlotta Carlini has joined EDGE as a visiting Ph.D. student from the Environmental and Management Research Group (UNIBO) at Bologna University in...

30.08.2021
 

Veer Vikram Singh has joined EDGE as a Ph.D. student in August 2021. He will work with Stephan Kraemer, Richard Kimber, and Naresh Kumar towards...

23.08.2021
 

Plastic is still underestimated as an environmental hazard. Thilo Hofmann, Thorsten Hüffer, and their colleagues at EDGE are researching micro- and...

16.08.2021
 

Gabriel Sigmund recently gave a seminar talk for the open virtual "Green Carbon Webinar" series. His talk on biochar's potential for sorbing ionic and...

04.08.2021
 

Every day, the Danube carries four tons of plastic into the Black Sea. Thilo Hofmann and Thorsten Hüffer from EDGE are collaborating on a project that...

30.06.2021
 

Wildfires produce large amounts of pyrogenic carbon which can be transported into rivers via water erosion. To date the effects of such post-fire...

25.06.2021
 

icroplastics are ubiquitous in the environment. Indications of the resulting risks to nature and health are numerous. Therefore, questions arise as to...

24.06.2021
 

Anya Sherman has joined EDGE as a Ph.D. student in June 2021. She will be working with Thilo Hofmann and Thorsten Hüffer to study tire wear particles...

22.06.2021
 

Urban Futures is a University of Vienna funded Research Platform striving to govern the challenges of the future of European cities. We search for an...

21.06.2021
 

We congratulate Jan Schüürman on winning a poster award at ContaSed 2021 organized by the University of Bern and its Oeschger Centre for Climate...

09.06.2021
 

Aaron Kintzi has joined EDGE as Ph.D. student in June 2021. He will work with Michael Zumstein on the biotransformation and biodegradation of...

08.06.2021
 

iodiversity loss, climate crisis, land use: Humanity is currently facing immense global challenges. Thilo Hofmann from EDGE explains why plastics...

31.05.2021
 

In order to assess the ecological risks that can arise from the use of nanomaterials, an international team of researchers and experts has developed...