Attention to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods is growing fast. While many questions, including environmental and social risks, still need to be assessed, research on ocean-based CDR should be conducted in a safe and responsible way, says David Keller, senior scientist at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

Paleoclimatologists investigate the climate of the past. Not only does that help us understand Earth’s history, it also tells us something about our planet’s future.

Our forests need to adapt to climate change. Friedrich Bohn, expert in forest modelling at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), explains how this works.

Pandemics, climate change and biodiversity loss are some of the greatest challenges of our time. Public debates often fail to recognise that the major problems facing humanity are all interconnected.

At the 2024 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, countries will negotiate the future of our planet. Helmholtz scientists will join the debate.