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A new study by climate scientists Raed Hamed and Dim Coumou estimates that one-third of the global soybean production deficit in 2012 is attributable to human-caused climate change.

A power grid that is becoming ever more overloaded, melting glaciers threatening our freshwater supply, and an increasing demand for resources like lithium, uranium, and cobalt.

Glaciers are melting around the world. Last decade, the loss of ice in the more populated regions, such as Europe, increased at ever-faster rates.

Where do we place solar farms and wind turbines? A new study shows the deciding factors, predicting where we will generate solar and wind power in the future.

The presence of humans has a major impact on biodiversity in the city. Especially noise affects the interaction between animals, according to a new study in Wildlife Biology.

At the climate summit in Baku, it was agreed that wealthy nations, including the Netherlands, will provide $300 billion annually in climate aid to developing countries starting in 2035.

TU Delft jointly wins in the XPRIZE Rainforest competition in the Amazon, Brazil Imagine using rapid and autonomous robot technology for research into the green and humid lungs of our planet; our global rainforests.

"When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van Woerkum-Rooker.

A stretch of river into which treated wastewater has been discharged emits five times more methane than a stretch of river without that wastewater.

"When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van Woerkum-Rooker.