News about climate change
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12 July 2023
WUR is working with dairy supply chains to reduce carbon footprint of milk by 50%
- Unilever (which works with Ben & Jerry’s and CONO Cheesemakers) and Nestlé (which works with Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods) both have... -
06 July 2023
New institute to develop 'smart breeding' method for more resilient and climate-adaptive agriculture
- The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will contribute 15 million euros to the CropXR research programme into 'smart breeding' of... -
01 June 2023
A just world on a safe planet: First study quantifying safe and just Earth System Boundaries
- Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature... -
21 April 2023
Trade mission results in new transatlantic cooperation
- President of the Executive Board of WUR, Sjoukje Heimovaara, was on a trade mission in Vancouver, Canada, this week. The mission was led by Minister... -
01 November 2022
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... -
12 October 2022
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... -
15 September 2022
Biodiversity loss and climate change, two mutually reinforcing crises
- Changes in agriculture and our food system are crucial in combatting climate change and biodiversity loss. That is the topic of the third Mansholt... -
15 September 2022
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.... -
08 September 2022
Temperature Tiny Forest up to 20 degrees lower than on the streets on hot days
- Tiny Forests form an excellent solution to drought and heat stress in urban areas. Research by Wageningen Environmental Research shows that... -
20 June 2022
A closer look at challenges in the Sahel
- WUR offers research associates in the Sahel region a single location for knowledge and expertise from Wageningen. With this, WUR hopes to have an even...