HeidelbergCement invites researchers, students and citizens to submit biodiversity projects in its quarries around the world.
The aim of this scientific and educational contest is to raise awareness of the organic value of mining sites and share new best practices with the scientific community, NGOs, authorities and our operating units.
Over 110 projects worldwide have been selected to compete in the 4th edition 2018 and win up to 30.000 Euro.
21 Sep 2018
It’s done – the research phase of the QLA’s 4th edition is over! We would like to sincerely thank all participants for their ideas, effort and work! It was a great pleasure to see the enthusiasm with which all of the research projects were realized.
18 Sep 2018
The research phase is almost over with the deadline for the submission of the final reports just 2 days away (20th September 2018, midnight, CEST).
20 Aug 2018
The countdown is on! The deadline for submitting the final Report is only one month away.
Imagine that in one day all microorganisms will disappear, what will happen? First of all, the cycle of substances in nature will stop. The earth would be covered with a layer of undecomposed corpses of plants and animals. Stop and production of food, textile and pharmaceutical industry. Yes, yes, the apocalypse will happen in less than 30 years. What follows from this?
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Представьте, что в один день все микроорганизмы исчезнут, что случится? В первую очередь остановится круговорот веществ в природе. Земля бы покрылась слоем не разложившихся трупов растений и животных. Остановятся и производства пищевой, текстильной и фармацевтической промышленности. Да да да произойдет апокалипсис намного меньше чем через 30 лет. Что из этого следует?
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Despite the fact that the final report has already been submitted, we continue to tell you about this unusual and diverse world of bacteria. And today we will tell you what defines bacteria (and even us) as individuals, their individuality.
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