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Evaluating how plant stress impacts our climate

The work of ERC grantee Ülo Niinemets has shown that monitoring plant stress emissions could help us to better understand atmospheric processes. This has led to a rethink on global climate modelling and strengthened research into crop resilience…
The work of ERC grantee Ülo Niinemets has shown that monitoring plant stress emissions could help us to better understand atmospheric processes. This has led to a rethink on global…
The work of ERC grantee Ülo Niinemets has shown that monitoring plant stress emissions could help us to better understand atmospheric processes. This…
The work of ERC grantee Ülo Niinemets has shown that monitoring plant stress emissions could help us to better understand atmospheric processes. This has led to a rethink on…
The work of ERC grantee Ülo Niinemets has shown that monitoring plant stress emissions could help us to better understand…
15 ways ERC transformed science

Understanding the universe by stargazing through cosmic time

Astronomy pioneer and ERC grantee Vernesa Smolčić probed unexplored areas of space, using highly accurate state-of-the-art radio telescopes, to answer fundamental questions about the origin of the universe. Based in Croatia, her international team…
Astronomy pioneer and ERC grantee Vernesa Smolčić probed unexplored areas of space, using highly accurate state-of-the-art radio telescopes, to answer fundamental questions about the…
Astronomy pioneer and ERC grantee Vernesa Smolčić probed unexplored areas of space, using highly accurate state-of-the-art radio telescopes, to…
Astronomy pioneer and ERC grantee Vernesa Smolčić probed unexplored areas of space, using highly accurate state-of-the-art radio telescopes, to answer fundamental questions…
Astronomy pioneer and ERC grantee Vernesa Smolčić probed unexplored areas of space, using highly accurate state-of-the-art…
15 ways ERC transformed science

Bringing the impact of nutrient imbalance to global attention

Through combining their expertise, four ERC grantees have awoken the scientific community to what nutrient imbalances could mean for our planet, and for our species. Their findings could lead the world towards more accurate climate modelling, more…
Through combining their expertise, four ERC grantees have awoken the scientific community to what nutrient imbalances could mean for our planet, and for our species. Their findings…
Through combining their expertise, four ERC grantees have awoken the scientific community to what nutrient imbalances could mean for our planet, and…
Through combining their expertise, four ERC grantees have awoken the scientific community to what nutrient imbalances could mean for our planet, and for our species. Their…
Through combining their expertise, four ERC grantees have awoken the scientific community to what nutrient imbalances could…
15 ways ERC transformed science

Scoping possibility in a nuclear world

How is the scope of available nuclear weapon choices decided? ERC grantee Benoît Pelopidas explores the challenges of imagining the possibility of nuclear war and unwanted nuclear explosions, both in international policy and in people’s minds…
How is the scope of available nuclear weapon choices decided? ERC grantee Benoît Pelopidas explores the challenges of imagining the possibility of nuclear war and unwanted nuclear…
How is the scope of available nuclear weapon choices decided? ERC grantee Benoît Pelopidas explores the challenges of imagining the possibility of…
How is the scope of available nuclear weapon choices decided? ERC grantee Benoît Pelopidas explores the challenges of imagining the possibility of nuclear war and unwanted…
How is the scope of available nuclear weapon choices decided? ERC grantee Benoît Pelopidas explores the challenges of…

Who controls the blockchain?

Blockchain is seen as a catalyst of innovation in today’s world of digital infrastructure and social media platforms. Its technology promises to give control of data back to the people through its decentralised manner of operation, and the greater…
Blockchain is seen as a catalyst of innovation in today’s world of digital infrastructure and social media platforms. Its technology promises to give control of data back to the people…
Blockchain is seen as a catalyst of innovation in today’s world of digital infrastructure and social media platforms. Its technology promises to give…
Blockchain is seen as a catalyst of innovation in today’s world of digital infrastructure and social media platforms. Its technology promises to give control of data back to…
Blockchain is seen as a catalyst of innovation in today’s world of digital infrastructure and social media platforms. Its…

Leafcutter ants’ lessons for sustainability

With a remarkable resource-efficiency and collective intelligence, leafcutter ants have thrived across millions of years of major changes in the Earth’s climate. ERC-grantee Jonathan Shik studies these agricultural systems of ants in a Panamanian…
With a remarkable resource-efficiency and collective intelligence, leafcutter ants have thrived across millions of years of major changes in the Earth’s climate. ERC-grantee Jonathan…
With a remarkable resource-efficiency and collective intelligence, leafcutter ants have thrived across millions of years of major changes in the…
With a remarkable resource-efficiency and collective intelligence, leafcutter ants have thrived across millions of years of major changes in the Earth’s climate. ERC-grantee…
With a remarkable resource-efficiency and collective intelligence, leafcutter ants have thrived across millions of years of…

How do birds navigate?

Bird migration is driven mostly by weather and the availability of food. But how birds migrate from one region to another without getting lost is less well understood. ERC grantees Henrik Mouritsen and Peter Hore are looking into how birds sense the…
Bird migration is driven mostly by weather and the availability of food. But how birds migrate from one region to another without getting lost is less well understood. ERC grantees…
Bird migration is driven mostly by weather and the availability of food. But how birds migrate from one region to another without getting lost is…
Bird migration is driven mostly by weather and the availability of food. But how birds migrate from one region to another without getting lost is less well understood. ERC…
Bird migration is driven mostly by weather and the availability of food. But how birds migrate from one region to another…

Seizing the moment for a greener world

Cities have the potential to be at the forefront of efforts to become climate-neutral, according to the European Commission’s recently launched Cities mission. For environmental psychologist Lorraine Whitmarsh nothing holds more truth. “The local…
Cities have the potential to be at the forefront of efforts to become climate-neutral, according to the European Commission’s recently launched Cities mission. For environmental…
Cities have the potential to be at the forefront of efforts to become climate-neutral, according to the European Commission’s recently launched…
Cities have the potential to be at the forefront of efforts to become climate-neutral, according to the European Commission’s recently launched Cities mission. For…
Cities have the potential to be at the forefront of efforts to become climate-neutral, according to the European Commission…