News about climate change
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03 December 2018
WUR at COP24 climate conference
- From 3 to 14 December, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is hosting the 24th Conference of Parties (COP) in Katowice,... -
16 October 2018
How do we provide the world with sufficient and clean water?
- One of the large problems the world is facing, is how to supply sufficient and qualitatively good freshwater. This issue is high on the agenda of the... -
14 September 2018
Climate change threatens the Zambian timber industry
- Climate change reduces the growth of the Mukusi trees (also known as Zambezi teak), which are Zambia’s main hardwood-timber source. The threat... -
31 August 2018
Effects of global change on chemicals in aquatic ecosystems
- Today the formal agreement has been signed for the Marie Curie ITN project ‘Effects of global change on the emission, fate, effects and risks of... -
29 August 2018
Reaction of plants to drought can be seen in the composition of the atmosphere
- Hot and dry periods, such as this summer in Europe, appear to change the composition of the atmosphere. Researchers from Wageningen University &... -
06 August 2018
Grasslands up to 37% less green than normal
- We all know it is dry in the Netherlands now. And that because of this, also plants are having a hard time. Groenmonitor.nl from Wageningen... -
25 June 2018
Adaptation Futures 2018
- In Cape Town South Africa, the Adaptation Futures 2018 was held between 18 and 21 June 2018. Adaptation Futures is the world’s premier... -
08 June 2018
Resilience technology for a stable society
- Large power failures or heavy storms demonstrate how vulnerable our infrastructure is. The four technical universities in the Netherlands (Delft... -
02 May 2018
Increasing climate variability will hit world’s poorest countries
- It has been difficult to predict how weather extremes such as heat waves and cold snaps might change in a future climate. Now, a team of researchers... -
09 March 2018
Are the environmental risks of neonicotinoids climate-sensitive?
- The insecticide imidacloprid (a neonicotinoid) is widely used in the tropics as a pesticide to protect harvests, and Bangladesh is no exception....