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Wetlands, such as bogs and marshes, have largely disappeared in the Netherlands. With humidification and the growth of the right plants, wetlands can be restored.

The rights of asylum seekers are under pressure. Nevertheless, politically this group has very little to gain.

Glycoscientist Robert de Vries and his research associates have received a €150,000 Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded thirteen young TU Delft researchers from the Science (ENW) and Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW) domains, a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euro.

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded 174 promising researchers from the full breadth of science, sixteen of whom are from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC, with a Veni funding. This will allow the laureates to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.

We all read it in the news from time to time: our current healthcare system is under pressure. We face the challenges of an ageing population, more people living longer with chronic diseases and as a result we have to deal with rising costs and staff shortages.

By burying 36,000 tea bags and retrieving them three months later, researchers and citizen scientists worldwide gathered data on the decomposition of plant material in soil.

Dream Team -Space Oasis Delfthas designed a lunar village for 150+ residents. The dwellings have elements of biomimicry, contain a self-sustaining biosphere and simulate a day-night cycle as well as seasons.

Dream Team -Space Oasis Delfthas designed a lunar village for 150+ residents. The dwellings have elements of biomimicry, contain a self-sustaining biosphere and simulate a day-night cycle as well as seasons.

Green hydrogen often, but certainly not always, leads to CO2 gains. This claim is based on research published in Nature Energy by Kiane de Kleijne from Radboud University and Eindhoven University of Technology.

Animal species can sometimes evolve very quickly. Biologist Niek Barmentlo discovered that this is now happening in North America.

A study from the University of Twente has revealed insights into the corporate world's approach to achieving net-zero emissions.

TU/e-researcher Serena Agnolin researched effective ways to make often-used chemical reactors more efficient as a PhD, driven by her passion for making her own industry more sustainable.

Alternatives for the current energy-intensive separation processes in the chemical industry could significantly decrease both the sector's CO2 footprint and its energy consumption.

The upper Indus basin, home to the Himalaya, Hindukush and Karakoram mountain ranges, feeds major rivers that flow through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China.

In de tweede editie van haar jaarlijkse seed funding call heeft het Climate Centre van de Universiteit Twente negen klimaatgerelateerde projecten in totaal  €126.000 financiering toegekend.

Certain invasive exotic species, such as the red swamp crayfish, are harmful to our environment because they nibble on aquatic plants, dig burrows in banks, and transmit crayfish plague to native species.

Climate change can accelerate due to feedback mechanisms: complex phenomena caused by climate change that in turn can further drive climate change. An example is the extra CO2 emissions from thawing permafrost. Research into the influence of feedback mechanisms in the long term has been ongoing, and modern climate change research is obviously happening as well, but the connection between the two has so far been underemphasized.

Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South.

A recent study, published by researchers at the Faculty of ITC, has shown that flooding leads to increased leptospirosis cases.