Cultural routes are among the interactive maps in the new JRC Story Maps tool On 22 June 2018, on the occasion of the first ever European Cultural Heritage Summit, the European Commission has released a set of interactive maps which will help to raise awareness of cultural heritage in Europe.
The Story Maps, developed by the JRC, inform in an easily accessible way about several initiatives across Europe linked to cultural heritage.
JRC's World Atlas of Desertification shows land degradation at a global level and highlights the urgency to adopt corrective measures. 
Wheat production is particularly under stress in developing countries due to increasing ozone concentrations A recent article co-authored by JRC and international experts reports that the benefits of increasing global wheat yield are significantly offset as a result of increasing concentrations of ground-level ozone.
This negative effect on wheat yield is particularly evident in humid rain-fed and irrigated areas of major wheat-producing countries, including the USA, France, India, China and Russia.
Spotify has a powerful role in influencing users' listening choices by deciding what to include on some of its most popular playlists 
Dying pine trees with red and brown leaves as a result of the pine wilt disease caused by the pine wood nematode. A recently published article co-authored by Begoña de la Fuente of the Technical University of Madrid (and visiting scientist at the JRC in 2016-2017), and Santiago Saura and Pieter Beck of the JRC, describes a new model for predicting the spread of the pine wood nematode (PWN), one of the most harmful pests for EU forests, and therefore regulated as a "quarantine pest" under EU law.
