News about climate change
News:
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Microbiologist Nico Claassens wins award for metabolic engineering
- Wageningen microbiologist Nico Claassens has won the 2025 Jay Bailey Young Investigator Award. The prize recognises young researchers who have made... -
Climate change threatens seagrass, but it proves more resilient than expected
- The results of recent research reveal both the vulnerability and the surprising resilience of tropical seagrass, despite the growing threats posed by... -
(How) can individual broiler feeding patterns shed light on their health, welfare and performance?
- To get a better understanding of broiler feeding patterns and the relationship with health, welfare and performance, researchers from Animal Breeding... -
Methane emissions from cows and sheep can be reduced by 25% using breeding programmes
- WUR is starting the Global Methane Genetics initiative, an international project to significantly reduce methane emissions from cows and sheep. The... -
The Netherlands must learn to live with fire
- Wildfires are becoming increasingly common in the Netherlands. Some are large and difficult to control, yet the risk is still often underestimated.... -
Final meeting of the breeding for low methane Climate Smart Cattle Breeding project
- On behalf of the finalization of the Climate Smart Cattle Breeding project, a symposium was organized on the topic of breeding for low methane... -
What stops the growth of Siberian wildfires?
- In recent years, millions of hectares of forest have burned in northern Siberia. These wildfires led to record-breaking carbon emissions and severe... -
Diverse, connected nurseries crucial for fishes in the lower river Rhine
- This is found in a new study by Wageningen University & Research, commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat and published in Limnology and Oceanography.... -
Study measures seabirds’ habitat loss as a result of wind turbines
- A Wageningen Marine Research study shows that razorbills and guillemots on the North Sea avoid wind parks in their flight path. The study uses a new... -
Changing boreal tree densities lead to higher wildfire risk and alter crucial forest functions
- The extensive northern forests of Canada, Alaska and Siberia are about to fundamentally change their tree density because of climate change. According...