News 2022
News 2022
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28 December 2022
Wind farm or nature reserve?
- The intention is that by 2050, the North Sea will be Europe’s green power station. That will require ten times as many wind farms as there are... -
28 December 2022
COP15 final reflections from a student: richer countries came with much bigger delegations
- The Global Biodiversity Framework was almost four years in the making, and until the final moments it was not clear whether there would be a... -
27 December 2022
‘The first time I saw a shark changed everything’
- When a South African white shark attacks, it jumps out of the water and, oddly enough, goes pale. National Geographic Explorer Gibbs Kuguru has made a... -
27 December 2022
6-Delige podcastserie GRONDTONEN over Renkums Beekdal
- Vanaf 16 december is GRONDTONEN te beluisteren: een zesdelige podcastserie waarin Louis ter Huurne, voormalig wethouder van Renkum, en Barend... -
23 December 2022
WUR for the winter holidays: read three great stories from the past year
- The holidays are a great time to look back on the past year. In 2022, Wageningen University & Research published a lot of news about innovative... -
22 December 2022
Sea turtles in a landscape of fear
- Many sea turtles live their adult lives in predator-free environments due to overfishing of their main predator, the tiger shark. Because of this, it... -
22 December 2022
Mediterranean ants successfully controlled by freezing the soil
- Freezing the soil is an effective tool for controlling the Mediterranean Tapinoma nigerrimum ant species. This invasive ant is causing serious... -
21 December 2022
Tekenvirus verspreidt zich, kans op infectie zeer klein
- Het tekenencefalitisvirus (TBEV) is een door teken overdraagbaar virus dat in grote delen van Europa en Azië voorkomt. Infectie met dit virus kan... -
21 December 2022
Why value-free journalism – and science – is an illusion
- The press is seen as a cornerstone and guardian of democracy, but is it also capable of sparking a proper social debate about our food production?... -
21 December 2022
Zebra finches might sing to synchronise their breeding with each other
- Australian wild zebra finches sing more with others around when breeding conditions are favourable. Their song also changes based on their breeding...