På grund af vejrforholdene er omfanget af iltsvind mindre end normalt for denne årstid. Det fremgår af årets første iltsvindsrapport fra Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi (DMU), Aarhus Universitet. Rapporten er udarbejdet for Naturstyrelsen.

En nordisk screening-undersøgelse af 17 kemiske stoffer, der anvendes som flammehæmmere i forbrugerprodukter, viser, at også disse stoffer lig de tidligere anvendte flammehæmmere kan ende i miljøet.

The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Aarhus University, has been closed, and the research-based consultancy services to authorities on nature, environment and energy are now – as per 1 July 2011 – provided by the National Centre for Environment and Energy (NERI), Aarhus University.

Scientists from NERI, Aarhus University, have shown that roe deer and red foxes as well as several small mammals use the constructed wildlife overpasses across route 18 Herning in Jutland. However, the scientists also give advice to how wildlife overpasses might be improved.

Forskere fra DMU, Aarhus Universitet har vist at rådyr og ræve samt forskellige mindre pattedyr bruger de anlagte faunapassager over rute 18 Herning. Men forskerne giver også en række anvisninger på hvordan man kunne øge brugen af faunapassager.

In this issue of PEER News, you may read about the PEER (Partnership for European Environmental Research) contribution to the public consultation on the European Commissions’ Green Paper on a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding.