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Get rid of climate depression, says this climate optimist

Get rid of climate depression, says this climate optimist

The idea for the book was born in her daughter’s class. She was part of group 6 and Van Hattum, as head of the Climate Solutions program, taught a lesson on climate change at Wageningen University and Research. “We are telling the wrong story” “We always show what climate change does. So I showed all kinds of terrible images. Floods, …

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Book Review: Women of Oblivion

Book Review: Women of Oblivion

Review Women who have studied the natural sciences have been around for centuries. Margriet van der Heijden honors them in this readable book. Who was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide? Irishman John Tyndall perhaps? In 1861, he published laboratory results which showed that water vapor and CO2 absorb heat radiation. Or …

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Thousands of years old mammoth poop comes to life in a Dutch laboratory | Science

Thousands of years old mammoth poop comes to life in a Dutch laboratory |  Science

Dubbed “a sort of microbial Jurassic Park,” a Dutch researchers experiment with 28,500-year-old woolly mammoth feces. The animal had been found in perfect condition under the ice of a Siberian island, writes loyalty. The mammoth was found in 2012 on the Siberian island of Mali Liakhovsky. A special discovery, but which did not stop there. Because the mammoth turned out …

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Provincial grant of €500,000 for the vision of the village of Nieuw-Dijk

Provincial grant of €500,000 for the vision of the village of Nieuw-Dijk

new dike – The province of Gelderland provided a grant of €500,000 under the “Use of sandstone” program for the redevelopment of three sites in Nieuw Dijk. The plan is an initiative of a working group of the Leefbaar Nieuw-Dike association. Montferland had already given the green light to this plan on September 15, and provided a contribution of €250,000 …

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Scientists systematize intelligence | wibnet.nl

Scientists systematize intelligence |  wibnet.nl

Chimpanzees know how to pry a raisin out of a crack with a stick. The zebrafish can count its congeners. And even a roundworm with only 302 nerve cells seems to be able to consider whether or not to eat a bite. Animals have very different skills, but does their behavior show that they are intelligent? And if so, which …

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No room for a second supermarket in Kudelstaart

No room for a second supermarket in Kudelstaart

This is the final conclusion of the study on a second supermarket Ginder Research Agency by municipal decree Alsmeer has accomplished. Only in the period 2035-2040, after the completion of all currently known housing plans, will there be room for a second supermarket. According to research, the only suitable place for this is where Kindcentrum De Ruimte is located. However, …

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