News archive 2015
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Tree functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition
- The most extensive study on tree competition to date has revealed wood density, specific leaf area and maximum height affect competition in... -
Potato research in Ethiopia in Teagasc’s newsletter
- Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, devoted the winter issue of its newsletter largely to the potato research programme in... -
Research seven kilometres deep
- The sponge researchers of Wageningen are plunging deeper. A PhD student of Wageningen University has recently taken samples of sponges in the sea near... -
Blue-green algae efficient in ‘harvesting’ light
- Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, have an ingenious system to prepare themselves for the coming daylight when it is dark by setting up a... -
Accountability after Paris agreement
- Who can and should hold states to account for how they live up to their commitments last Saturday made in Paris and beyond? The provisions on the... -
Faster groundwater remediation with thermal storage
- Aquifer thermal energy storage is more than a renewable energy source. The storage and extraction of heat and cold can remediate polluted groundwater... -
Novel intestinal bacterium provides human gut with healthy compounds
- Fibers in our food are thought to be good for health since they are converted in the intestinal tract into the favourable compound butyrate, that is... -
Biodiversity enhances carbon storage of tropical forests
- Tropical forests store 25% of the global carbon and harbour 96% of the world’s tree species. But it was not clear whether this high biodiversity... -
Wageningen Climate Solutions: we need resilient productions systems
- Solutions for the climate issue and greenhouse gas emission reductions should contain climate smart agriculture, climate resilient soils and forest... -
Surprising relation found between eggshell color and disease resistance
- The current housings systems in the poultry industry increase the spread of diseases by housing large flocks of chickens on sand. These circumstances...