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New framework and online tool to help understand the role of soil biota
February 23, 2022 - In one teaspoon of soil, we can find more than 5,000 species of bacteria, fungi, nematodes and other microbial organisms. Such ‘soil... -
Risk assessments for microplastic within reach
February 10, 2022 - Microplastic particles in the environment and in our food and drinking water are extremely diverse and complex. This makes it difficult to determine... -
SDGs are like New Year’s resolutions: how to make them work?
February 8, 2022 - A New Year comes with New Year’s resolutions. Many of us make new plans to exercise more, eat healthier and learn to be happier in the coming... -
Do forests lead to more or fewer clouds? It depends
February 3, 2022 - Large-scale deforestation, forest restoration, forest fires, and droughts all have one thing in common: most research on these topics focuses on... -
Monitoring hotspots to prevent zoonotic disease outbreaks
January 28, 2022 - Some places are more likely to have disease outbreaks than others. Think of international airports and large livestock farms. Researchers of... -
Trees shrink during heatwaves
January 20, 2022 - While people tend to escape the sun during hot summers under the tree canopy in parks and forests, trees are fully exposed. They have to fight the... -
Warming climate causes permafrost to thaw and vegetation to grow
January 20, 2022 - Until recently, every publication or presentation on the Arctic tundra began with the observation that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the... -
Fish stocks fluctuate with seawater temperature
January 17, 2022 - Year-to-year fluctuations in seawater temperature are partly responsible for the much slower ups and downs in the abundance of marine fish stocks.... -
1.5 Million grant for research into global groundwater sustainability and crop production
January 14, 2022 - Inge de Graaf, a researcher at Water Systems and Global Change, was awarded a 1.5-million euro starting grant by the European Research Council (ERC).... -
How the way we measure the effects of methane matters for climate policy
January 14, 2022 - How effective is the promotion of low-meat diets at reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to carbon pricing when the effectiveness of mitigation...