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Prestigious medal for soil research awarded to WUR's 'earthworm professor'
November 17, 2023 - Jan-Willem van Groenigen, known as the 'earthworm professor' at Wageningen University and Research (WUR), has become the first Dutch recipient of the... -
Achievable climate goal for Dutch mineral agricultural soils
November 15, 2023 - Carbon sequestration in mineral agricultural soils, aiming to contribute to the climate issue while sustainably managing agricultural soils, is it... -
Diverse forests hold very large carbon potential
November 13, 2023 - New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, but only if we also reduce greenhouse gas... -
Major expansion of Aruba’s protected wetlands under Ramsar Convention
November 13, 2023 - Aruba has seen a major increase of its wetland areas protected under the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands. On 10 November 2023 the Aruban Minister of... -
How two new WUR-professors focus on the triangle of human, nature, and policy
November 10, 2023 - On the 16th of November 2023, two new professors at WUR, Maria Tengö and Georg Winkel, will deliver their inaugural speeches. Tengö will... -
Big data and remote sensing
October 25, 2023 - Our huge data sets about habitat and species distribution and satellite and other remote sensing bring us into a whole new realm of innovation for... -
Petition calls for the proposed EU Soil Health Law to be supported, but also tightened
October 23, 2023 - The response of WUR soil scientists’ to the proposed EU Soil Health Law has been met with broad support among scientists of WUR and beyond.... -
Nature Inclusive Agriculture
October 23, 2023 - Nature-inclusive agriculture is a form of sustainable agriculture based on a resilient food and ecosystem. Wageningen scientists are looking at how... -
Drought imperils carbon sequestration in European forests
October 18, 2023 - Forests play a critical part in mitigating climate change due to their ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. However, many European forests... -
"Put water at the heart of food systems"
October 13, 2023 - Food and water are inextricably linked. Without water, the world would have nothing to eat. But will there still be enough water for food production...