Earth and Environment

When Philip Minderhoud travelled through Vietnam in 2015, he sensed that something was not quite right. Minderhoud was working on his PhD research on land subsidence in the Mekong Delta, one of the largest deltas in the world.

"Behavioural research can show how wolves try to navigate a human-dominated landscape.". Highlight - After more than 150 years of absence, the wolf has re-established itself in the Netherlands. This raises questions about nature, safety, livestock farming and living together with wild animals.

Northern wildfires, such as the record-breaking 2023 and 2025 fires in Canada, have long-lasting effects on the climate, according to new research from, among others, earth system scientists Max van Gerrevink, Sander Veraverbeke and Nick Schutgens.

Eels were once everywhere in large numbers, from the North Sea to the smallest ditches. But for many years, the eel population has not been thriving. Researchers at Wageningen University & Research are therefore closely monitoring the numbers.