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Mismatched timing: how climate change challenges bird migration25 January 2024How does climate change affect the migration routes of birds? Mainly negatively, according to a new study from Yali Si from the CML. ‘It changes the t...
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year09 January 2024Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’...
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production19 December 2023Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started t...
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Green roofs and tile flipping: research in The Hague on the best approach to climate and species diversity05 December 2023Does a communal garden provide cool air and warm neighbourly relations? Does an additional row of trees increase biodiversity? These kinds of question...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate20 November 2023Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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‘We are drowning in dossiers of which we have long known they will play a role’13 November 2023The new government needs to look further ahead, says environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra. ‘We keep pushing forward big dossiers like demographic a...
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Arnold Tukker appointed as a guest professor in Indonesia, conducting research on the sustainable development of the economy09 November 2023A splendid milestone after seven years of collaborative research on the sustainable development of the Indonesian economy. Professor of Industrial Eco...
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa06 November 2023Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African cont...
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Leiden University and Municipality of The Hague to collaborate on sustainability06 November 2023Leiden University and the Municipality of The Hague signed a collaboration agreement on sustainability on 1 November. Their main goals are to build a ...
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From fat bikes to paper bags: assessing their total environmental impact is becoming even more important27 October 2023A paper bag is less environmentally friendly than it seems. Life cycle assessment (LCA) reveals the total environmental impact of products or producti...
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Transition from fossil to clean energy will reduce global mining activities26 October 2023A wide range of metals need to be mined for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Researchers from Leiden University have shown that this 'concer...
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Educational experiment with polder rice11 October 2023Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Leiden University and ...
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Making better use of our natural resources12 September 2023The availability of natural resources, the energy transition, the importance of circularity and our dependence on China. This and more is what Profess...
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3 October University given a makeover12 September 2023Try to resolve the nitrogen problem, go on a regeneration journey or take part in psychological research: discover this and more at the new and improv...
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What global cities are made of05 September 2023Understanding what our buildings and cities are made of is an important step in making them more sustainable. Industrial ecologist Tomer Fishman (CML)...