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The key to balancing future food and fuel needs with ambitious EU targets to restore habitats and protect threatened species is good policy and integrated planning, with burdens shared across member states.

Citizen-operated air quality sensors have become more common. However, consolidating the gathered data to make it consistent is difficult. A new quality control framework aims to address this issue, supporting monitoring and policy.

Rules and infrastructure aren’t enough to fix groundwater problems on the Mediterranean coast. A study in four areas found that local people must be involved in shaping and testing possible solutions.

A single car may contain around 240 kg of plastic – and much of this plastic waste is difficult to recycle at the end of a car's life. New research reveals ways to improve plastics circularity in the vehicle sector and offers policy insights.

Researchers find that areas of an unmanaged calcareous grassland in Germany that have been rooted by wild boar have higher plant species richness and diversity, but over-rooting can occur.

Some species are invasive and economically costly in some areas, but conservation priorities in others. A study identifies 36 such species, finding them to be conservation priorities due to their threatened status or their distinctiveness.

Natural disturbances created by fire, wind or insect outbreaks in plantations can increase habitat opportunities for declining bird species in central Europe.

Household age is often overlooked when considering ways to encourage uptake of solar energy systems and increase their circularity. A study addresses this gap, finding that interest in and adoption of solar energy rises to age 65 before declining.

Artificial floating islands - often called ‘floating treatment wetlands’ are already known to improve water quality in ponds, lakes and rivers and help a range of aquatic wildlife.