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Residents and researchers explore plastic and psychology in the cityThis year will see the start of not one but two citizen science projects in Leiden and The Hague. This is the outcome of a large survey among residen...
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Master students Industrial Ecology selected for EU-project for sustainable start-upsFour students of the MSc Industrial Ecology have recently been selected to participate in the accelerator programme of the EIT Climate-KIC, which help...
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Martina Vijver on nanoparticles at Paradiso's Science & CocktailsProfessor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver of the Institute of Environmental Sciences has given a public talk at Paradiso Amsterdam for Science & Cockt...
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New regional pesticides atlas developedA new regional atlas, with information about the presence of pesticides in surface waters, has been developed by the Institute of Environmental Scienc...
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Online Experience 2.0 Urban Studies - City BiodiversityCML researchers Nadia Soudzilovskaia, Rene Kleijn, Stefano Cucurachi, and Kevin Groen are teaching about the links between city sustainability and bio...
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Was the EU’s ban on electric fishing the right decision?Last week, on 13 February 2019, the EU approved the ban on pulse trawling. This followed the vote for a ban by the European Parliament on 16 January 2...
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Stans Prize 2018 for Louie KrolThe ‘Stans Prize 2018' (for the best thesis, report or article produced by a CML student) has been awarded to Louie Krol. Other CML prizes were award...
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An evening of exchanging dilemmas surrounding sustainabilityWhy 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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Sailing Across the Atlantic in Our Quest for ChangeOn 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 cropsSoil 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 environmentChemical 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 collaborationA 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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TERRA-Dunes, a collaborative CML-IBL project has been on NPO1 radioNadia 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'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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Symposium 40 years CML: Scientists should speak upIn 2018, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), born out of activism, exists for forty years. The institute celebrated this on 28 June in the ...