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Wageningen Environmental Research

Wageningen Environmental Research contributes by qualified and independent research to the realisation of a high quality and sustainable green living environment.

Better precipitation forecasts up to several hours in advance

Where, when and how much precipitation is expected? Information on precipitation not only crucial for water management and agriculture, but also for...
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Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature

Coastal ecosystems are in rapid decline around the world. Restoring them is very expensive and is often unsuccessful. But an international team of...
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Greatest peaks in solar yield on cloudy days

Solar energy is not just generated on sunny days. It is the cloudy days that show spikes in the yield of solar arrays of up to 20 per cent higher than...
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Drought severely affects small creatures in brooks

The extremely dry summers experienced in the Netherlands in recent years cause the demise of an increasing number of small creatures that inhabit...
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Researchers map law of variations in plant roots: an onion outsources

It has long been one of the best kept secrets in the underground world: what determines the variation in form and function of plant roots? An...
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Wageningen Environmental Research

Better precipitation forecasts up to several hours in advance

Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature

Greatest peaks in solar yield on cloudy days

Drought severely affects small creatures in brooks

Researchers map law of variations in plant roots: an onion outsources

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