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Book 'Forty years of Leiden Environmental Science' available 19 November 2018
The book ‘Forty years of Leiden Environmental Science’ is available in digital format (PDF). It relates to the history of the Institute of Environmen...
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Sailing Across the Atlantic in Our Quest for Change 13 November 2018
On November 19th, Dirk-Jan Kok, PhD-candidate at CML, will set course for Martinique on tallship the Morgenster. With 18 other motivated individuals, ...
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Dutch scientists introduce an improved method to identify salt tolerant crops 13 November 2018
Soil salinity is affecting large areas in the world and millions of farmers are faced with decreasing yields and many are even forced to migrate . Dut...
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More realistic research needed on substances that enter the environment 12 November 2018
Chemical substances and nanomaterials are processed on a massive scale in diverse products, while their risks have not been properly assessed. Time a...
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Meeting with the ambassador of Kenya about research collaboration 02 November 2018
A delegation of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) of the Faculty of Science of Leiden University, led by the Dean of the Faculty of Scienc...
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Measuring species traits for biodiversity policy goals 27 September 2018
An international team including Peter van Bodegom shows how trait variability can be incorporated in Essential Biodiversity Variables to allow monitor...
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TERRA-Dunes, a collaborative CML-IBL project has been on NPO1 radio 12 September 2018
Nadia Soudzilovskaia (CML), Martijn Bezemer (IBL / NIOO) and Harrie van der Hagen (ecologist at Dunea) gave an interview to NPO1 Radio about the TERR...
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‘More microplastics in the environment than stars in the Milky Way' 11 September 2018
Microplastics are everywhere: in the ocean, in cooking salt and even in animals. Should that worry us? 'Yes,' said environmental scientist Thijs Bosk...
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Investigating the impact of nanoparticles on the environment 06 September 2018
On Tuesday 4 September, Martina Vijver delivered the scientific lecture during the academic opening of the Faculty of Science. Martina is professor in...
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A diverse meadow is less easy to damage 05 September 2018
Plant communities consisting of many different species are less vulnerable to attacks of plant eating animals or diseases than less diverse communitie...
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Better insight into competition between microbes 01 August 2018
It is mostly rainfall and soil acidity that determine which microbes survive in a particular habitat and which do not. This knowledge is important for...
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Symposium 40 years CML: Scientists should speak up 09 July 2018
In 2018, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), born out of activism, exists for forty years. The institute celebrated this on 28 June in the ...
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Research platform in dunes opened 04 July 2018
With the sowing of the last experimental plot, new research platform TERRA-Dunes was officially opened on 29 June 2018. The experiment has a fundament...
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Dunea and Leiden University in search of dune restoration 27 June 2018
What role do the soil and soil organisms play in the restoration of nature quality? This is what researchers at Leiden University are going to find ou...
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Valuing ecosystems - Marie Curie grant for Rosaleen March 18 June 2018
Ecologist Rosaleen March from the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) will carry on her research on functional biodiversity: a measure to assign...