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Twenty years of microplastics pollution research – what have we learned?
September 20, 2024 - An international group of researchers says 20 years of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to... -
Hester Biemans appointed as special professor Integrated assessment of water and crop production
September 16, 2024 - The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Hester Biemans as Special Professor of Integrated Assessment of Water and... -
Road networks stretch into Congo Basin forests: Satellites and AI help to monitor
September 16, 2024 - The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of... -
Water and soil driven land design
September 13, 2024 - The Dutch have actively managed water in their country for centuries. Initially, water levels were always determined by the requirements of... -
New findings on Safe and Just Planetary boundaries
September 12, 2024 - New research published today in The Lancet Planetary Health shows that the planet will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for... -
Urgent need for ammonia reduction: impact of emissions controls on atmospheric nitrogen inputs to Chinese river basins
September 11, 2024 - Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is a critical environmental issue in many world regions. A group of researchers, including from Wageningen University... -
Bram de Vos will step down from WUR as of April 2025
August 30, 2024 - Bram de Vos has decided to step down as director of the Environmental Sciences Group (ESG) at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) from 1 April... -
Ruud Bartholomeus appointed as special professor of Plant Water Stress and Regional Water Management
August 29, 2024 - The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed Ruud Bartholomeus as special professor of Plant Water Stress and... -
The relationship between meltwater and food security
August 27, 2024 - During the Opening of the Academic Year at Wageningen University & Research on 2 September, research associate Hester Biemans explains how water... -
Why scientists look to the soil when rain stops falling
August 26, 2024 - Around the Mediterranean, the temperature is rising and rainfall is decreasing. This is having a direct impact on farmers, especially olive producers....