A new LMU study shows: Three-quarters of the estimated global potential for new forests to capture CO₂ is threatened by significant social and institutional challenges.

Kyushu University researchers have developed an AI-based method to measure how closely corporate disclosures match the ESG issues that matter financially to each industry. Applied to Japan’s food and beverage sector, it showed that companies place greater emphasis on social-related topics, while environmental disclosure remains relatively limited. Priorities also shifted as reporting requirements changed. The study offers insights for investors, firms, and standard setters seeking to evaluate and design effective sustainability reporting regimes.

The winners of the Applied Microbiology International Horizon Awards 2026 have been announced. 

The prizes, awarded by the learned society Applied Microbiology International (AMI), celebrate the brightest minds in the field and promote the research, group, projects, products and individuals who continue to help shape the future of applied microbiology. 

Depending on the cultivar, higher concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere can significantly alter the protein composition of wheat. This affects not only baking quality but potentially also the tolerability of wheat products. This is the conclusion of a new study led by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich. According to the study, the adaptation of crops to climate change should in the future focus not only on high yields but also on quality characteristics such as protein composition.

Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around one million square kilometres more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the reliability of climate models.

Analyzing over 15,000 ice cliffs in Antarctica over a four-year period, scientists learned how the ice cliffs and the larger ice sheet behind them evolved over time. They found ice cliff collapse happened more quickly than expected, but also that the cliffs stabilized instead of continuing to erode the larger ice sheet.

A new USDA grant will to fund a research project at Binghamton University, State University of New York to explore the impact of short-term drought on lawns.