In ten years, approximately 3.5 trillion tonnes of ice in the Greenland ice sheet have melted. As a result, sea level rose an inch and increased the risk of flooding around the world, according to a study released Monday. With an area of ​​almost 1.8 million square kilometers, the Greenland ice sheet is the second largest in the world after …

The empty field on the Eemnesserweg in Laren, intended for padel courts, is now left for other options. Alderman Ton Stam promised Larens Behoud at the council meeting. In the radio program Launch NH Saturday explains party chairman Karel Loeff what exactly this means. Adobe Stock The alderman has now promised to release a remaining part of the land of …

“Talking about human evolution during this period has become practically impossible due to the lack of appropriate terminology that takes into account the geographical variations of humans,” said Dr Mirjana Roksandic, professor of anthropology at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, the study leader and one of the team’s original study authors. Recent DNA evidence has shown that some fossils …

© Sandy de Vries Science proves it: grammar mistakes make you less attractive Still want to check your Tinder bio? If you still don’t after endless sweeping the one then maybe it’s time to check if there are any language errors on your profile. Tilburg University has shown that you are much more likely to be swept to the left …

The Milky Way (Photo: NASA) You may not know it, but the Earth has a natural glow when you view the sphere from space. This shine is called “albedo”: the reflexivity of the earth. A higher albedo means that the Earth reflects more light and heat back into space. A recent study has shown that the albedo of the earth …

After the hundredth joke, it becomes boring. And it’s already on page 17. The biologist Midas Dekkers also has in his latest book, What is happening here?tell an interesting story. But it would help if he found himself a little less funny. There are gems among them: “All people belong to one race. Point. But now the commas. ‘ But …

In order to build a new bus station in Haarlem-Zuid, the municipality of Haarlem plans to partially pass through a tunnel on Schipholweg. On top of that there will be room for bus stops, and perhaps in the future for a tram track and more greenery. Around 1,600 housing units are built around this bus station. Haarlem has long had …

The bargain leaves room for the budget The budget was on the board committee table on Tuesday. Mayor Cees van den Bos was able to announce positive news: instead of 2.2 million, “only” 330,000 euros will have to be taken from the general reserve over the next four years to balance the budget. A great deal, but how strong is …

(Photo: Chris de Waard). The greenhouses of Weidelaan and Papeweg in Zoeterwoude-Dorp could be demolished to make way for houses and a bird meadow. Alderman Ton de Gans and project developers NU and Granneman Projectontwikkeling agreed on Thursday. There is room for 22 houses on the site of the greenhouse complex on Weidelaan. “We want a spacious rural layout with …

Have you ever wondered what it would’ve been like back in the late eighth to early 11th century, when Vikings – or “Norsemen” – left their homeland of Scandinavia and sought fortunes elsewhere? Or, have you ever thought about what it would’ve been like to come face-to-face with these seafaring warriors as they raided the British Isles? With this online …