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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland 23 May 2023
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Leiden Univer...
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If we do nothing, more plants will go extinct 15 May 2023
A wide range of plant species is essential to our earth because of the different materials and foods these plants provide. But plant diversity has dec...
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Bottom-dwellers thrive at foundations of offshore wind farms 02 May 2023
Offshore wind farms host more soil animals per square meter than the North Sea floor, discovered Leiden researchers. After 25 years, hundred times mor...
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet 28 April 2023
Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-base...
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Border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to fight climate change 22 April 2023
A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of...
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people' 20 April 2023
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do y...
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Should we build a European mega-dam? 20 April 2023
A mega-dam around Europe is a possible solution as protection against rising sea levels. Whether that is really a good idea, was debated on by young p...
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How sustainable is your coffee cup? Professor Jeroen Guinée finds out 23 March 2023
What is the environmental impact of the fish on our plates? And is an electric car really more sustainable when we include the generation of electrici...
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What do we define as urban green space? 17 March 2023
When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature th...
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Malformations in heart, eyes and nervous system: Nano-plastics disrupt growth 13 March 2023
Nano-plastics cause malformations. Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nano-particles...
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Producing all our food nationally: is it even possible? 07 March 2023
According to a new study, for half of the world population the answer would be yes. For the other half: maybe? Leiden environmental researcher and hea...
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Archaeologist Everest Gromoll wins LUF Thesis Prize with groundbreaking research on human responses to climatic shifts 20 February 2023
On Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Dies for Alumni event, archaeology alumni Everest Gromoll was awarded the LUF Thesis Prize. His thesis, titled ...
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A future based on Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability, rather than economic growth 20 February 2023
How can society let go of its obsession with economic growth and focus on goals as wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability? This is one of the core qu...
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CML talents receive Stans Award 07 February 2023
Each year, CML gives out three Stans Awards. The Institute's staff could nominate students and colleagues for the prices of best student thesis, best ...
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What if the Netherlands became vegan? 06 February 2023
Imagine no one in the Netherlands would eat animal products anymore, what would happen? And would it contribute to more climate justice? That is the t...