The less intensively you till the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not ploughing as often or using more ...

After a winter that was slightly drier than usual, the extremely dry spring is putting the Dutch water system under pressure.

Many animal species become smaller or larger in recent decades, with climate change often mentioned as a cause. Red knots, shorebirds travelling ten thousand kilometers every year between breeding ...

16-APR-2025 - The results of recent research reveal both the vulnerability and the surprising resilience of tropical seagrass, despite the growing threats posed by climate change. Led by Fee Smulders ...

26-MAY-2017 - A new article published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution suggests that the best way to prevent loss of biodiversity is by maintaining a species-rich environment. Sounds ...

08-SEP-2018 - In conventional farming most attention goes out to quality of planting material, soil quality, fertilisation, weed control and similar aspects. Surprisingly little attention is being ...

04-OCT-2018 - In recent decades, there have been distribution shifts of several cetacean species in the North Sea. Harbour porpoises almost disappeared from the North Sea in the 1950s, but have made a ...

01-JUN-2019 - In the global effort to reduce biodiversity loss, monitoring the spread and abundance of insect species is a key element. Automated camera traps for insects are widely used to monitor ...

12-JUN-2018 - Scientists can predict which storks will migrate to Africa in autumn and which will remain in Europe. For little Louis, it is the most exciting day of his life: just six or seven weeks ...

30-NOV-2017 - Climate change discussions on social media are very influential. A new study in BioScience shows that when it comes to iconic topics such as polar bears and retreating sea ice, climate ...