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A diverse meadow is less easy to damage 05 September 2018
Plant communities consisting of many different species are less vulnerable to attacks of plant eating animals or diseases than less diverse communitie...
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Better insight into competition between microbes 01 August 2018
It is mostly rainfall and soil acidity that determine which microbes survive in a particular habitat and which do not. This knowledge is important for...
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Symposium 40 years CML: Scientists should speak up 09 July 2018
In 2018, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), born out of activism, exists for forty years. The institute celebrated this on 28 June in the ...
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Unstoppable urbanisation of Indonesia calls for interdisciplinary partnerships 05 July 2018
More than half of the Indonesian population lives in cities. What does this mean for public health? How sustainable are these megacities? This is the ...
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Research platform in dunes opened 04 July 2018
With the sowing of the last experimental plot, new research platform TERRA-Dunes was officially opened on 29 June 2018. The experiment has a fundament...
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Dunea and Leiden University in search of dune restoration 27 June 2018
What role do the soil and soil organisms play in the restoration of nature quality? This is what researchers at Leiden University are going to find ou...
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Valuing ecosystems - Marie Curie grant for Rosaleen March 18 June 2018
Ecologist Rosaleen March from the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) will carry on her research on functional biodiversity: a measure to assign...
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Four new editorial board positions for CML 14 June 2018
Editors are essential for publishing and thereby sharing research findings. They serve the scientific community by editing, leading the peer review pr...
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Nicole de Voogd appointed as Professor Global change and marine ecosystems 12 June 2018
As of 1 May 2018, Nicole de Voogd has been appointed as Professor by special appointment Global change and marine ecosystems at the Institute of Envir...
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Sustainability in populist times 28 May 2018
Flying is cheaper than driving a car, but a disaster for the environment. Yet few politicians dare to levy excise duty on kerosene. This is only one e...
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Lions in the queue for food 25 May 2018
The number of lions in Kenya is decreasing alarmingly, due partly to the encroaching cities and the development of the countryside. Together with loca...
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How China will reduce its carbon impact 17 May 2018
Rong Yuang, PhD candidate from the Institute of Environmental Sciences investigated the impact of the renewable energy expansion on China’s carbon em...
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Small but not harmless 14 May 2018
To what extent do nanoparticles accumulate in plants and animals, and what properties of the particles play a part in this? Willie Peijnenburg, profes...
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Province, universities and businesses to collaborate on circular South Holland 05 April 2018
The province of South Holland is to collaborate with industry, the three LDE universities Leiden Delft and Erasmus, and the University of Wageningen i...
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The superpowers of new critical raw materials 29 March 2018
Cars, wind turbines, solar panels and smartphones. ‘Critical’ raw materials like platinum or cobalt are used in all the technologies that are essentia...