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Vote for the Discoverer of the year 2018 13 December 2018
Which brilliant scientist will be our Discoverer of the year 2018? Will it be a physicist, biologist, drug discoverer or an astronomer? Or an environm...
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Leiden University launches Earth Observation platform 03 December 2018
A new online platform makes it possible to estimate the state of agricultural crops and nature area’s around the world. This enables scientists and ot...
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An evening of exchanging dilemmas surrounding sustainability 27 November 2018
Why does it turn out to be so complicated to solve sustainability issues if everyone ‘knows’ about these problems? This was the central question in a ...
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From the Arctic to the tropics: researchers present a unique database on Earth’s vegetation 21 November 2018
Which plant species grow where - and why? In a new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international research team presents the world's first glob...
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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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Become the future change agent with the new master Governance of Sustainability 22 October 2018
For students who want to be an intermediary between scientific experts, policy makers and politicians in the domain of sustainability, the master prog...
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Additional efforts needed to avoid conflict in Sustainable Development Goals 11 October 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations aim to improve all issues simultaneously: social, economic, and environmental outcomes. Howeve...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds 09 October 2018
The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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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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Saving the environment by banning plastic bags? 20 September 2018
What is the influence of the 2016 ban on free plastic bags on the environment? Industrial ecologist Stefano Cucurachi received a LUF grant of €75.000 ...
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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...