Noticias sobre Germany
German students awarded 2025 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for flood warning innovation
Niklas Ruf and Jana Spiller from Germany received the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2025 for their work on developing a scalable flood warning system for small streams.
Endress+Hauser acquires full ownership of CodeWrights from Pepperl+Fuchs
Acquisition simplifies structures and will benefit customers of the software service provider.
Roberta Maffettone (European Commission): “Water reuse is key to EU circular water strategies”
Water reuse offers Europe a vital opportunity to strengthen resilience to water scarcity and climate change.
Environmental risks remain undetected due to gaps in surface water monitoring
Several hundred thousand chemicals are considered as potentially environmentally relevant.
Nanostone Water and Solecta merge to form Acuriant Technologies
True North Venture Partners has announced the merger of its portfolio companies Nanostone Water and Solecta into Acuriant Technologies, Inc.
Extreme weather in a changing climate: Is Europe prepared?
With European countries facing another year of damaging heatwaves, drought and other extreme weather events, how prepared and resilient are they to handle these events?
Escalating drought threatens Europe’s ecosystems and agriculture
Europe is facing a severe drought that is already affecting agriculture, according to the Joint Research Centre’s report on Drought in Europe – June 2025.
Strasbourg court upholds waste burial plan despite aquifer contamination fears
A French court has ruled in favour of the government’s plan to permanently contain 42,000 tons of toxic industrial waste in a former potash mine in eastern France, rejecting appeals from local officials and environmental groups concerned about long-term risks to public health and water resources, reports RFI.
Study reveals high concentrations of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in UK rivers
A University of York study into the presence of ‘forever chemicals’ in UK rivers has found some of the highest levels ever recorded.
Germany breaks ground on first full-scale phosphorus recovery plant
Germany has officially launched construction on its first full-scale phosphorus recovery plant, marking a major step toward a more self-sufficient and sustainable Europe.
Digital twins and blockchain help protect Europe’s waterways from pollution
Europe’s inland waterways are entering a new era of smart water management as researchers and public authorities deploy digital technologies to monitor water quality and prevent pollution.
CERAFILTEC appoints Olivier Suter as Chief Operating Officer for next stage of global scale-up
CERAFILTEC, a global leader in advanced ceramic membrane filtration technology, announces the appointment of Olivier Suter as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective May 2025.
Osmoflo and CERAFILTEC strengthen partnership to expand use of ceramic membrane technology
Osmoflo and CERAFILTEC have expanded their partnership to support broader deployment of ceramic membrane technology in water treatment systems.
Thomas Hary appointed new President of GF Piping Systems
The Board of Directors of GF has nominated Thomas Hary as new President of GF Piping Systems, effective 1 June 2025.
PROMICON: Revolutionizing biotechnology with nature-inspired microbial consortia
The PROMICON project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme (GA No.
Reasons for biogas optimism despite global challenges
The first four months of 2025 have been among the most turbulent in recent history in terms of global investor and market confidence.
Drought over large parts of Europe raises concern
Low rainfall, dry soils, and shrinking rivers are pressuring ecosystems, farming, and transport routes across Europe and neighbouring regions.
Research may have settled long-standing hypothesis on temperature dependence of extreme rainfall
Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas.
2024: The year climate change redrew the map of Europe
• The latest State of the Climate in Europe report reveals that 2024 was marked by record-breaking temperatures, unprecedented floods, and alarming glacier retreat.
Study looks at climate-sensitive routes that deliver substances from Siberian rivers to the Arctic
A new study has shed unprecedented light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean.