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Living Lab moves: first new ditches dug 08 September 2021
Leiden University’s Living Lab is moving to the middle of the Leiden Bio Science Park. In the lab’s new home between the University of Applied Science...
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Sustainable Tuesday: 4 questions for environmental scientist Ranran Wang 07 September 2021
On Sustainable Tuesday, two weeks before Dutch Budget Day, the Dutch cabinet receives a suitcase full of sustainable ideas and initiatives. The initia...
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Unique research project in polder Oud Ade 02 September 2021
From 9 September onwards, Leiden scientists, citizens and farmers will jointly investigate how to sustainably manage peat meadowland. In ten years' ti...
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New dataset helps to understand environmental impact of offshore windfarms 10 August 2021
While offshore wind farms generate clean and green energy, scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the harmful impact they may have on marine li...
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Olympic gold for Industrial Ecology student Dirk Uittenbogaard 28 July 2021
Dirk Uittenbogaard, a student on the Delft-Leiden Master’s in Industrial Ecology, has won a gold medal for rowing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Uitte...
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Common breeding birds are doing better in the Netherlands than in Europe 08 July 2021
On average, Dutch breeding birds have become more numerous in the period 1980-2010. The common species have even done better than birds in other Europ...
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Study confirms: burning coal in Bulgaria causes water stress 07 July 2021
The coal-power energy sector is using enormous amounts of fresh water which is projected to negatively affect lives and the ecological balance of the ...
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Nitrogen crisis: Rapid, effective intervention in three specific regions could create breathing space 01 July 2021
The new Dutch government must act quickly to take rapid, far-reaching measures in three specific regions to tackle nitrogen emissions. This will creat...
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Efficient phosphorus use can prevent cropland expansion 01 July 2021
More efficient use of phosphorus fertilisers would make it possible to meet food demand in 2050, without using more of the world’s land for agricultur...
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Sustainability and energy: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam 29 June 2021
From energy transition to the nitrogen crisis: artificial intelligence can be of great help. Researchers from the three universities in Zuid-Holland a...
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How a Dutch man collecting 400,000 pieces of litter ended up on a scientific paper 21 June 2021
Anti-litter activist Dirk Groot photographed, tagged, and collected more than 400,000 pieces of litter in the Netherlands. Now, he and his data are in...
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New software for designing sustainable cities 21 June 2021
By 2050, more than 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities. A group of International researchers has developed software that shows c...
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Liveable Communities: project with a sustainable outlook 31 May 2021
With the Liveable Communities – Liveable Planet project, Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood, is showing tha...
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How nature boosts the health of city residents 10 May 2021
Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led by Leiden environmental scientist Roy Remme. In Proceedings of the Nat...
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Lifestyles that avoid the world from warming up 06 May 2021
Scientists widely agree that we must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid catastrophic climate impacts. Environmental scientist Laura ...