Green Climate Solutions News
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A leap forward in measuring soil carbon enables carbon farming
- Agricultural soils hold great potential for climate change mitigation by removing atmospheric CO2 and storing it in the soil. Enhancing soil carbon... -
Twins for black mangroves, potential advantage under climate change
- Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have discovered that black mangrove trees can produce twins. While the phenomenon of twin... -
Forest protection key for reliable rainfall
- There won’t be many places in the world that have escaped the recent impacts of unusual droughts, floods and unseasonal temperatures. These are... -
Will tropical mountain tree species adjust to warming temperatures?
- Many plant species, probably including a third of all trees, are threatened by extinction. One of the growing threats is rapid climate change and the... -
Is the rainforest a sink or a source of CO2?
- Clouds talk to leaves and the leaves talk back. Scientists from Wageningen and Utrecht spent three weeks in the Amazon listening to that conversation.... -
ARD docu 'Science for Future' with Marcel Dicke about edible insects
- How will we produce our food in the future and what will be on our plates? To find an answer to that question, German broadcaster ARD sends science... -
Future ecosystems become increasingly thirsty due to climate change
- A new study shows that future ecosystem functions will be increasingly dependent on water availability. Using a suite of simulations from... -
Transform decision-making to tackle climate and biodiversity crises together
- A new study published today in the scientific journal BioScience argues that to effectively and equitable address the interactions between... -
Inaugural address Frank Sterck: Towards the future with climate smart forests
- Forests around the globe are under increasing pressure, and the effects of climate change are more and more visible. The forest of the future should... -
COVID-19 lockdown cuts CO2 emissions throughout Europe and 40% in Amsterdam
- Two recent international studies led by scientists across Europe highlight the importance of human behaviour in the efforts to cut down CO2 emissions....