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TERENO Pesticide Initiative

Beketov M.A., Münze R., Khrycheva P., Gunold R., Paschke A., Kaske O., Hundt M., Bauer C., Möder M., Reemtsma T., Brack W., Scholz S., Schüürmann G., Liess M.

NEWSLETTERNO.2 | SEPTEMBER 2011

www.tereno.net

CONTENTS

Ph.D. students on the way to the top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Editorial: A collaborative effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

German water research pools its forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Bringing together terrestrial research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

The climate puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

The great unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Search engine for trace gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Finding out the real impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Welcome interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

From causes to consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

From local hydrology to a regional climate model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ICOS – climate protection data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

RESEARCH MAKES STRIDES

The search for new approaches is always a worthwhile one – especially in research. In a bid to collect more accurate precipitation data, partners in the PROCEMA project are making use of microwave links run by mo-bile network operators, in particular the ef-fect on transmission power which even light drizzle can cause. Tests are currently under-way at the TERENO observatory “Bavarian Alps/Pre-Alps”. At the TERENO observatory “North-East German Lowlands” a method is being developed to measure the concentra-tion of greenhouse gases directly above the soil with high spatial resolution, something which has not been possible up to now. The new method relies on a combination of in-frared absorption spectroscopy and tomog-raphy. Just two examples that highlight the research gains that are being made as the four TERENO observatories are expanding.

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES

Aiming high: Christian Chwala from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) installs a self-developed measuring device at the Fendt test site that uses microwave radiation to test new methods for collecting precipitation and humidity data

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What is the aim of ecotoxicology?


Central questions in ecotoxicology?

Still remain to be solved

Beketov M.A., Liess M., 2012. Environ. Pollut., 162: 247–254.

from 1962 to 2012 ... yet there was lots of progress


Pesticides – Biodiversity

e.g. Gibbs et al., 2009; Geiger et al., 2010.


• Toxicants – Great Barrier Reef• Pharmaceuticals – effects in the real world

• Oil spills – large-scale effects



Why it is so bad?What is required to improve it?

Relevant ideasMultidisciplinary expertiseMethodsResources


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Relevant ideasMultidisciplinary expertiseMethodsResources


Our aim:

Understanding:in the real worldat the large spatial scale

Solutions!Friday, 9 November 2012

GIS Model of the run-off potentialLHW, Magdeburg, Biomonitoring data


Exposure assessment,

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Data sources: Rivernetwork Saxonia-Anhalt (Landesbetrieb für Hochwassserschutz und Wasserwirtschaft Sachsen Anhalt, Gen-Nr. LHWS ...Rivernetwork Saxonia (Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie)Open Street Map (Geofabrik Karlsruhe, C-BY-SA 2.0)

Mapping: Tobias Schulze (January 2012)

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UFZ TERENO RegionAdministrative borders

Elipsoid: WGS 1984Projection: Universale Transversale Mercator (UTM)Grid: 50 km UTM, Zone 33N

Water Treatment Plants, effluents assessment


Effect assessment,SPEAR


Toxicant sensitivity

Presence as vulnerable stage

Generation time

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Species not at Risk SPEcies At Risk

Liess & von der Ohe 2005. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24: 954-65.Beketov et al., 2009. Environ. Pollut. 157: 1841-8.

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FutureLandscape planning – recovery areas

Risk assessmentimprovement

Biodiversity assessments


FutureLandscape planning – recovery areas

Risk assessmentimprovement

Biodiversity assessments

Thank you!Friday, 9 November 2012

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