News archive 2020
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Learn how to use the Climate Data Store (CDS) for your climate impact assessments
August 4, 2020 - Are you working on or interested in climate adaptation issues? Are you looking for information about the past, current and future climate? Follow a... -
Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature
July 27, 2020 - Coastal ecosystems are in rapid decline around the world. Restoring them is very expensive and is often unsuccessful. But an international team of... -
Nature in Conflict: Lessons from conflicts about conservation management by hunting and tree cutting
July 23, 2020 - Using hunting as a way of nature management and clearing forests in order to transform these into other types of nature signify two forms of... -
Drought severely affects small creatures in brooks
July 10, 2020 - The extremely dry summers experienced in the Netherlands in recent years cause the demise of an increasing number of small creatures that inhabit... -
Food Connects 2050: a nature-based food economy for all in the Washington DC region
July 9, 2020 - How to create a resilient, environmentally sustainable and socially just food economy for the Washington DC region for 2050, in which nature-based... -
Greatest peaks in solar yield on cloudy days
July 6, 2020 - Solar energy is not just generated on sunny days. It is the cloudy days that show spikes in the yield of solar arrays of up to 20 per cent higher than... -
Multi-annual research on climate adaptive planning for elevated sandy soils
June 11, 2020 - The Netherlands has seen yet another dry springtime, while lately the rain that does fall tends to pour down in peak showers. Elevated sandy soils in... -
Two-year research on societal impact and improved control of oak processionary caterpillar
May 29, 2020 - A consortium of almost 20 organisations and municipalities will carry out research on the caterpillar in the coming two years. Main focus will be on... -
Tropical forests can handle the heat, up to a point
May 22, 2020 - Tropical forests face an uncertain future under climate change, but new research published in Science suggests they can continue to store large... -
Global warming puts forests in Europe and Asia at greater risk of damaging cold snaps
May 15, 2020 - A global study led by Crowther Lab and co-authored by Wageningen University & Research, finds climate change is increasing the risk of late-spring...