Climate change is lifting South Africa out of the ocean1
South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water – by up to two millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed up to now that this phenomenon was due to mantle flow in the Earth’s crust. However, a study carried out by the University of Bonn now provides another explanation: Droughts and the associated water loss are the main reason for this land uplift. The results have now been published in the “Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.”
DynamoBot - a PhenoRob Startup2
At the PhenoRob and University of Bonn Start-Up DynamoBot, we are building the next generation of precision farming and precision weed management for farmers.
Poster prize for "Mixture Toxicology"3
The awarded poster “Mixture toxicity of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in zebrafish larvae and HepG2 cells” was created by Shuhan Wang, with suggestions and guidance from Dr. Benedikt Bauer and Prof. Dr. Henning Hintzsche from the Department of Food Safety, Institute of Nutritional and Food Science.
Seven Subjects among the Top 100 Worldwide4
Higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published its international subject rankings for the year, in which 1,747 universities from around the world, including the University of Bonn, are compared based on various indicator criteria. Once again this year, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences achieved excellent rankings.
Green insurance – an important tool for pesticide reduction? The example of wine in France5
At a press conference on April 26, John Barker, Director of the International Wine Organization, announced a 10% drop in world wine production by 2023. Extreme environmental conditions – such as heavy rainfall in vineyards – have led to the development of fungal diseases (mildew, powdery mildew, black rot, etc.) in certain regions, and to crop failure.
UAV-based Spot Spraying Against Plant Diseases6
Plant diseases often exhibit a patchy distribution within fields. The application of fungicides, however, is often based on environmental conditions and visual assessment and then, in practice, is homogeneous over entire fields. A site-specific control of plant diseases with robotics and drone technology provides the potential to improve the efficacy of disease control while reducing the negative impact on agricultural ecosystems..
Digital Agricultural Avatar7
The PhenoRob Digital Agricultural Avatar is a software that facilitates access and usability of process-based simulation agro-models under one roof. Our aim is to provide information and a usage platform to make process-based agro-models available in an appealing way both for users as well as for the public.
MULTIPLIERS: Where Everyone Wins8
Around 1,500 schoolchildren from six EU countries have been engaged in intensive study of some of the challenges currently facing the world in the company of natural science experts. After completing each module on a different topic, they have been acting as “multipliers,” sharing their knowledge and experiences with their family, friends and classmates. Three schools from Bonn took part.
Links
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/klimawandel-hebt-suedafrika-aus-dem-meer
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/phenorob-dynamobot
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/poster-prize-for-mixture-toxicology
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/sieben-faecher-unter-den-top-100-der-welt
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/green-insurance-an-important-tool-for-pesticide-reduction
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/uav-based-spot-spraying-against-plant-diseases
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/digital-agricultural-avatar
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/2025/project-multipliers-comes-to-an-end
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/news?set_language=en&b_start:int=8
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/news?set_language=en&b_start:int=16
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/news?set_language=en&b_start:int=24
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/news?set_language=en&b_start:int=32
- https://www.aei.uni-bonn.de/en/faculty/news/press-archive/news?set_language=en&b_start:int=40