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‘If we buy these imported products, we are co-responsible for the global decline in biodiversity’ 16 September 2022
What we buy and consume in Europe often has an impact on biodiversity somewhere else in the world. With a Horizon Europe Funding of 600.000 euros, ass...
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How to involve citizens in your scientific research 06 September 2022
Inviting members of the public to help monitor wildlife, photograph plants or conduct samplings. These are some of the many examples of Citizen Scienc...
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'When I talked about the materials for an energy transition in 2010, people almost started to laugh' 25 August 2022
In order to build wind turbines and electric cars, we need tons of magnets. Currently, we import these mainly from China, which means Europe is very d...
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability 10 August 2022
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a ...
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Kilotonnes of 'recycled' Dutch plastic waste end up in the sea 13 July 2022
On paper it is recycled, but in reality enormous quantities of plastic waste from the Netherlands end up in Asian seas. Researchers from the Leiden In...
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DNA from a cup of pond water can reveal a lot: Kat Stewart will find out with a Vidi grant from NWO 01 July 2022
She has had the idea for seven years, but now environmental scientist and conservation biologist Kat Stewart finally gets to work on it. She has been ...
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The hunt for nanoplastics is on 29 June 2022
How do you count the nanoplastics in your body? Leiden researchers published a method in Nature Protocols today that should make this easier. Importan...
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Biology brothers write book about nature and adventure in Eastern Europe: 'I didn't know there live pelicans in Romania' 29 June 2022
With a self-converted red camper van, biologists and twin brothers Kevin and Marvin Groen go on a nature adventure in Eastern Europe. Together, they s...
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LDE white paper on critical materials, green energy and geopolitics 28 June 2022
With its Green Deal The European Union has set itself much-needed ambitious climate goals. But the energy crisis and geopolitical tensions are making ...
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Thirsty power plants: the water footprint of generating electricity 22 June 2022
To generate electricity, power plants use huge amounts of water. In Europe and the United States, generating electricity is accountable for 40% of the...
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How Dutch houses can become almost energy- and CO2-neutral 22 June 2022
How much energy and greenhouse gas emissions can Dutch homes save? Xining Yang uses Leiden as an example and shows with his research how enormous the ...
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Jan Willem Erisman on the nitrogen crisis: 'The measurement model works, but the minister is setting reduction targets that are too high' 16 June 2022
Opponents of drastic nitrogen measures argue that the nitrogen calculation model is not reliable enough. Nitrogen professor Jan Willem Erisman: 'It is...
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Maarten Schrama elected Teacher of the Year 2021 14 June 2022
Maarten Schrama (CML) has won the Teacher of the Year Award 2021. During a lunch with fellow nominees, Schrama received a cheque worth 5,000 euros fro...
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How tree species adapt to climate change 13 June 2022
Can trees adapt to (climate) change? Which trees are more or less capable of doing so, and why? A group of researchers from all over the world set to ...
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Nitrogen professor hands over book to nitrogen minister 09 June 2022
Strengthening nature and at the same time investing in future-proof agriculture. That is the task of the Minister for Nature and Nitrogen, Christianne...