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Scientists rank world’s most important mountain ‘water towers’ - Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier–based water systems and, for the first time, ranked them... -
Climate change means we must rethink how we live together on our planet - The impact of the Western style of consumption on the climate shows that the current pace and scale of consumption is no longer sustainable. Science... -
Insight in sustainable export of pellets from Southeast US - A European consortium, including Wageningen University & Research, has analysed the current and future use and management of forests in... -
WUR at COP25 climate conference - From December 2 to 13, Madrid (instead of Santiago Chile) will be the venue of 25th Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework... -
The Netherlands is not going to meet 2020 biodiversity targets - The accelerating rate of biodiversity decline is unprecedented. Together with global warming this is one of the major threats to mankind, IPBES states... -
Researchers design forecast system for droughts during a season - Researchers have laid the basements for a forecast system to foresee the drought impacts a few months ahead. This system will make it possible to take... -
Palm oil industry to jointly develop radar monitoring to detect deforestation - Ten major palm oil producers and buyers are collaborating in the development of a new, publicly available radar-based forest monitoring system known... -
Weather balloon research: Amsterdam’s urban dome 120 meters high during last heat wave - After a warm day, the heat creates a lid on the city. During last July's heat wave, researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and... -
Energy garden of the future combines sustainable energy generation, nature and landscape - Energy generation can be of value for landscape and environment. That is what the Dutch Nature and Environment Federations (NMF) and Wageningen... -
Perspectives – not perfection – after silent revolution in Meteorology - Weather forecasting isn't perfect, but meteorology and forecast quality have undergone a silent revolution, says Bert Holtslag in his farewell speech...