News
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Water quality tool for improved risk assessments launched 20 December 2016
CML-Leiden University has developed a user-friendly tool that improves the risk assessment of heavy metals in surface waters. The tool was developed i...
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Damaged seaweed can recover 07 December 2016
Seaweed, which is vital for marine life, is disappearing throughout the world at an alarming rate. Different currents and wave patterns can bring abou...
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Interdisciplinary project group wins Bouw Recycling Award 29 November 2016
An Interdisciplinary project group of the Master Industrial Ecology was awarded a prize for its project “From waste to resource, One chain with shared...
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36 ditches as living lab for water quality 14 November 2016
On Monday 14 November, the first spadeful of earth was dug for the construction of the Living Lab, an experimental test site to study living organisms...
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Symposium Human - Wildlife conflicts in Africa 2016 01 November 2016
The symposium “Human-Wildlife conflicst in Africa” was held on the 27th October in the Academie gebouw of Leiden University in honor of the retirement...
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Royal decoration for Hans de Iongh 28 October 2016
Hans de Iongh, associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), was named 'Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau' on Thursday 27 ...
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Support the Living Lab for research on hazardous compounds in 36 ditches 19 September 2016
Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Leiden University started crowdfunding to raise 15.000 euro to build a laboratory in natur...
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Europe is the only continent living at the expense of others 12 September 2016
Europe can only maintain its level of consumption by structurally relying on resources extracted abroad. This finding was published in the September i...
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Start Minor Sustainable Development 08 September 2016
Monday 5 September the eighth edition of the interdisciplinary Minor Sustainable Development started. With 65 students coming from more than 20 differ...
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Students searching for biological ways to prevent tundra fires 05 September 2016
In August-September 2016 three CML students are doing an exciting field work in sub-arctic tundra in Sweden in collaboration with Ümea University.
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EU-FP7 project IDREEM featured on Euronews TV 07 July 2016
IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture) is a European research project launched in 2012 to protect the long-term su...
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New Horizon 2020 project on Concrete Sustainability 06 July 2016
A new Horizon 2020 project has been awarded to Mingming Hu and Jeroen Guinée of the Department of Industrial Ecology of Institute of Environmental Sci...
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Bitcoins demand a huge amount of electricity 31 March 2016
Bitcoin is the most popular virtual currency to date but it is starting to have some serious physical effects on the environment. A study shows that i...
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Environmental benefits in transport sector often disappointing 29 February 2016
Eco-innovations like more economical cars do not generate the environmental benefits predicted by the manufacturers. This is the result of the so-call...
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Circular economy essential to keep the earth turning 23 February 2016
A circular economy in which all resources are reused is a prerequisite for a sustainable world. As EU president, the Netherlands can give a firm impet...