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RSS![The Anomaly hot Spots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) system, developed by the JRC, will help detect agricultural production anomaly hotspots for early planning of aid interventions or adaptation of rural development programmes.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-06/where_will_the_next_food_production_problem_occur_-_launch_of_a_new_early_warning_system.jpg?itok=lkFUX5UP)
A new early warning system detecting agricultural production anomaly hotspots will be launched at the European Development Days on the 8 June 2017 in...
![On 2 June 2017, the JRC's Director-General Vladimir Šucha, and Professor Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), signed a Research Framework Arrangement. The ceremony took place in the framework of the EU-China Summit 2017.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-06/expanding_scientific_cooperation_with_china.jpg?itok=s0a17RLs)
On 2 June 2017, the JRC, represented by Director-General Vladimir Šucha, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), represented by its President...
![Shark and small fishes in ocean](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-06/fotolia-129679708-nikolai-sorokin.jpg?itok=RA_rZcPv)
A new study by an international team of scientists, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, warns that many large fish species, including many of the...
![Vladimír Šucha and Dr. Ryoji Chubachi](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-05/jrc-20170529-japan-cooperation.jpg?itok=MO4s_5o2)
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, and the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial...
![Amatrice on 24 August 2016 after the earthquake](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-05/atlas_of_the_human_planet_2017.jpg?itok=MxC9s5pt)
One out of three people in the world is exposed to earthquakes, a number which almost doubled in the past 40 years. Around 1 billion in 155 countries...
![Better integration of knowledge and science into policy helps save lives](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-05/disaster_risk_management_science_helps_save_lives.jpg?itok=c4I3OV_l)
Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we know about them? And how...
![Man in front of modern world](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-05/fotolia_147436938-ict-sector-worldwide.jpg?itok=pQdAC563)
The latest edition of the JRC Prospective Insights in ICT R&D (PREDICT) report is now available. It provides the most complete and extensive analysis...
![Dynamic Data Hub graph](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-05/jrc-dynamic-data-hub-migration_dynamics-graph.png?itok=twRrrkvt)
The European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) has expanded the datasets within its Dynamic Data Hub to cover migration...
![Mikko Raskinen / Vladimir Šucha / Aalto University](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-05/eu-2017-finland-aalto-university-sucha-niemela-signature.jpg?itok=a-NU6133)
Aalto University and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
![The JRC handbook describes common reference scenarios for assessing the risks associated with industrial sites.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-04/scientific_guidance_to_help_prevent_and_mitigate_chemical_accidents.jpg?itok=w6bO609x)
A handbook published by the JRC supports EU Member States and third countries in their decisions to reduce the impacts of major industrial accidents...
![Drawning](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-04/cover.png?itok=EU5VyAse)
On 27 April 2017, the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe. The publication – the first of its kind – shows how different...
![Failure to comply with food colour regulations by importers may give rise to claims of adulteration, misbranding, non-compliance, rejection at the border or recall from the market.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-04/mapping_food_colour_regulations_in_the_eu_and_the_us.jpg?itok=Dy5dpuws)
New study suggests that EU and the US companies and consumers have much to gain from closer cooperation on food colouring.How we perceive what we eat...
![The six winners will be awarded a study trip to the JRC's laboratories in Ispra, Italy.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-04/calling_for_young_maltese_scientists.jpg?itok=s2_luYr5)
The JRC Malta Young Scientist Award enables young Maltese researchers to showcase their work and achievements in an international context. The JRC is...
![healthy meal](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-04/fotolia_118989399_imarzi.jpg?itok=EbUGQ6uI)
As eating habits form early in life, children and adolescents are one of the major focus groups of the JRC's nutrition and health-related work. On...
![fish boat](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-04/fotolia_107155199_microgen.jpg?itok=ywfdAPUU)
Fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea are deteriorating at an alarming rate. A recent analysis shows that 93% of the assessed fish stocks are...
![dirt](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-03/fotolia-101358538-global-report-on-food-crisis-dirt.jpg?itok=nCdSBa9l)
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic...
![big wave](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-03/fotolia-141979713-ocean-energy-status-report-big-wave.jpg?itok=r680Kyf0)
Tidal stream and wave energy technologies have showed considerable technological progress in 2016, culminated with the creation of the first ocean...
![wind turbine](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-03/fotolia-104899318-wind-energy-status-report-wind-turbine.jpg?itok=2Hsgdemu)
The JRC Wind Energy Status Report 2016 presents key data on global market developments, technology trends and EU support to wind energy. The EU...
![sun and earth magnetic field](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-03/nasa-extreme-space-weather-magnetic-field.png?itok=oMUxxTnR)
Extreme space weather has a global footprint and the potential to damage critical infrastructure on the ground and in space. A new JRC report calls...
![The JRC provides scientific evidence in support of EU policies throughout the entire policy cycle](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-03/jrc_s_work_programme_for_2017-2018_adopted.jpg?itok=NB5eqs0c)
The European Commission has adopted the JRC’s Work Programme for 2017-2018, running under Horizon 2020, the current EU Framework Programme for funding...