News of the Soil Geography and Landscape Group
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Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks
March 11, 2024 - Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world and governments are too slow in taking action to reduce these climate risks. According to... -
Coastal river deltas threatened by more than climate change
November 24, 2023 - Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a... -
Educational experiment with polder rice
October 11, 2023 - Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Wageningen University... -
President of Moldova visits World Soil Museum
September 5, 2023 - On Tuesday 5 September 2023 the ISRIC World Soil Museum was honored to host a very special guest: President of Moldova Maia Sandu. President Sandu was... -
Bogs reveal millennia-old stories about violence and religion
January 10, 2023 - Once, large parts of Europe were covered with peatlands. Only a fraction of those remain today. The bogs left are mostly part of protected nature... -
Schokland: World heritage site in mixed reality
September 22, 2022 - What if there was a way to make ancient world heritage come to life? An interactive view that enables you to experience landscapes of the past? The... -
Dutch soil field campaign successfully finished
July 21, 2022 - PhD candidates Anatol Helfenstein, Cynthia van Leeuwen and Doina Mani have completed their field campaign to collect soil samples from 68 locations... -
Can the Mekong Delta be saved from drowning?
May 9, 2022 - The Mekong Delta in Viet Nam could be nearly fully submerged by the end of the century if urgent actions are not taken across the river basin.... -
More natural, healthier, sandy soils, it can be done!
March 8, 2022 - The Dutch sandy landscape is not doing well. Sandy soils are under pressure from all sides. We use the soils for agriculture and industry, our... -
The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is sinking: can sediment save it?
January 13, 2022 - In Vietnam's Mekong Delta, home to about 17 million people, large areas of land have been poldered for the cultivation of crops such as rice and...