Heavy rains create small pools of water in many regions of East Africa—ideal breeding grounds for Anopheles mosquitoes, which transmit malaria. Using high-resolution meteorological models, researchers at KIT are calculating how mosquito nets can prevent infections most effectively.

C4LaNd addresses the problem of how to meet the ever-increasing and often conflicting demands on land for food, renewable energy, and materials without compromising biodiversity conservation and climate action. A multidisciplinary and international research environment.

On February 26, students from the Irmengardschule investigated the role of native grassland soils and arable soils as sources and sinks for climate-relevant biogenic greenhouse gases in the laboratory of the Landscape Biogeochemistry Department.

Proposal for emission reduction measures in the German natural gas sector. PD Dr. Ralf Sussmann got invited to contribute in the Helmholtz's public participation in the German government's new climate protection programme. Forwarding to Helmholtz Changing Earth (document pages 10-11).

The WASCAL research group around Prof. Dr. Kunstmann which engages in eddy-flux measurements of methane fluxes from rice cultivation and compensation options from natural forests in West Africa is nominated for the Frontier Planet price 2026. Forwarding to BBAW.

Grassland workshop of the European Democratic Party with Dr. David Piatka and PD Dr. Michael Dannenmann, representatives from politics, science and agricultural practice on shaping a future sustainable, economic and ecological grassland management.

BR24 report on the shift of the freezing level in the Alps (calculation based on climate models from KIT), the altitude of German ski resorts, the difference between the freezing level and the snow line, and much more, with commentary by Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann. Forwarding to BR24.