alternative. The willingness of people to use traditional bicycles is at its highest for distances of up to five kilometres. This distance extends to 15 to 20 kilometres for [...] . CoBiUM will use pilot applications, communication and campaigns to improve the knowledge with regard to cargo bikes and promote their use. The project shall help the participating towns integrate cargo [...] and to reduce air pollution and noise emissions. This then leads to an improved quality of life and reduced levels of greenhouse emissions.

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‘Fragmented Transformations’ delivers an innovative contribution to research into change in the Baltic Sea Region. In addition to investigating the joint cultural heritage and new nationalisms in this [...] and the transformation towards more sustainability. In addition to the research collaboration within IFZO itself, IFZO also supports the joint research activities at the Research Centre for Manors in [...] delighted that the academic expertise of our scholars will now help to strengthen the federal state’s strategic collaboration within the Baltic Sea Region,’ says Rector Prof. Dr. Katharina Riedel. The MV

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accordance with their previous knowledge. This makes it possible to consolidate the contents learned in the preceding bachelor’s degree at the same time as gaining basic insights into other disciplines [...] study, students with different experience and skills work together to solve specific practice-related problems. These projects look into the biotechnological feasibility, profitability, and regional [...] Greifswald’s new degree course provides students with the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the entire scope of bioeconomy, from top-level research projects to the development of specific solutions

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academic, social and cultural collaboration. ‘I am very grateful to the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, for this great honour. It is an expression of a profound recognition of both my academic [...] the Languages of Finland, Kotus. Further Information Media Photo Contact at the Embassy of Finland Heini-Tuuli Onnela Press Counsellor of the Embassy of Finland Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 [...] @finbotschaftde www.facebook.com/BotschaftVonFinnlandBerlin Contact at the University of Greifswald Press and Media Relations Office Domstraße 11, Entrance 1, 17489 Greifswald Tel.: +49 3834 420 1150

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characteristics: lightweight but sturdy, chemically resistant, yet easy to process. “Therefore, everyday life is now hard to imagine without plastics and these leave their traces in our environment. Not only [...] Kristian Wende, PhD and researcher at INP. Microplastic – invisible to the naked eye – poses a severe and not yet fully foreseeable threat to ecosystems worldwide. A New York study testified the presence [...] the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology by writing to welcome@inp-greifswald.de Contacts: Dr. Kristian Wende ZIK plasmatis Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)

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tundra ecosystems change in the coming century? Which factors need to be considered? An international study led by the University of Greifswald shows that larger soil animals such as earthworms have a [...] nitrogen deficiency in the Arctic tundra has been largely attributed to the cold climate, because low temperatures inhibit the activity of decomposers in the soil. The study now identifies a previously [...] /10.1038/s41467-020-15568-3 . Earthworm Video from the experiment To the media photo Contact at the University of Greifswald Dr. Gesche Blume-Werry Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology Experimental

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In reaction to the objections from the Ministry of Education, the Legal Services Office and the Senate’s Statute Committee were instructed to promptly [...] s why the University’s Senate has again addressed the question as to whether the name Ernst Moritz Arndt is suitable for a University which is open to the world. According to the Landeshochschulgesetz [...] to clarify the legal questions and, with the help of its Statute Committee, to define the formal requirements needed to be able to make

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in mechanical properties have previously only been attributed to differences in protein composition. The study has now shown for the first time that cribellate spiders, such as the odd-clawed spider [...] cribellate silk is considerably less sticky and can only be stretched to twice its length due to the different treatment it is given. In contrast, the spider’s combed silk is extremely extensible. It can be stretched to 14 times its original length and is therefore the stretchiest silk thread produced by a spider that has ever been discovered. What is

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underground for months and are hard to extinguish, cause further emissions and pose a health risk to people living in large-scale regions. Mining, agriculture and growing [...] environmental threats that are of global importance and are yet to have been recognised and dealt with sufficiently. The report is published in six languages and made available to governments and [...] purposes in context with this press information. Giving credit to its author is mandatory. Download Contact at the University of Greifswald Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joosten Institute of Botany and

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their stomata for much shorter periods, thus losing less water due to evaporation. Both of these factors lead - as long as there is enough water - to more forest growth. ‘We aren’t the first scientists [...] that we were able to calculate these growth rates using our own data method that we had developed especially for this project. This enabled us to show that [...] , the scientists from Greifswald have shown how important it is to statistically consider the growth conditions of today, which are considerably different to those of the pre-industrial period, when

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our global annual CO 2 emissions. More than half of the attempts to restore wetlands fail due to insufficient consideration of the landscape-forming properties of the plants. ‘Our study shows that in [...] important carbon-retaining ecosystems. That is why it is paramount to rigorously protect the well-preserved wetlands and to rewet and restore the drained and degraded wetlands as quickly as possible. The [...] Palaeoecology at the University of Greifswald . Further information To the article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn1479 Media Photo [de] Contact at the University of Greifswald Prof. Dr.

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Syria and lived there until she was 16. She fled with her family to Jordan in 2012 due to the ongoing war in her home country. The student came to Greifswald in 2015. She had previously taken part in [...] preparatory course at the Studienkolleg. This gave her the chance to further extend her excellent German language skills. The Studienkolleg (Preparatory Courses) made it possible for Sara Qarqash to [...] to have people who care nearby. I am so grateful to the family for their kindness,’ she says. In addition to her native language, Arabic

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book Protein Engineering: Methods and Protocols enables scientists to carefully plan and successfully perform their experiments in this research area. Contacts at the University of Greifswald Prof. Dr.

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How much greenhouse gas can still be emitted to limit global warming to 2 degrees? And how much would it be according to the current emission reduction commitments? The ‘gap’ between [...] team of leading scientists. Independent experts have been invited to review the report, and it has been communicated to all of the world’s governments. Chapter 4 (“Bridging the gap - sectoral greenhouse [...] protection Global Peatland Database of the Greifswald Mire Centre Contact at the University of Greifswald Prof. Dr. Hans Joosten/Dr. Franziska Tanneberger Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology Soldmannstr

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election of the Pro-Rector as part of the session which was open to all members of the University. The professor for Business Administration was the only candidate for the election and who had been [...] Law and Economics at the University of Greifswald. From April 2010 to March 2012, Steffen Fleßa was Dean of Studies and from April 2012 to March 2014 Pro-Dean of the Faculty. His research work covers the [...] on Disease Dynamics Models”. Further Information Media Photos Contacts at the University of Greifswald Prof. Dr. Maria-Theresia Schafmeister Chairperson of the Senate Institute of Geography and Geology

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, can be used to make new plastics. If it is not possible to directly re-use the building blocks, the plastic should be degraded as far as possible to relieve the environment and provide access to the raw materials. Modern biotechnology can make a substantial contribution to both the end-of-use recycling of plastics as well as [...] insects.” Prof. Lars Blank from RWTH Aachen emphasises: “We need to distinguish two aspects: plastics, which we deliberately expose to the environment, such as mulching foils for agriculture, need to

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