In Belgium, the Flanders Marine Institute has been organizing a shell counting day for five years. This year the Netherlands is participating for the first time. Dutch organizations working on biodiversity and knowledge on our beaches will help families, beach visitors and citizen scientists map seashells on eight beaches. Participating makes all your trips to the beach more fun, and …
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Omroep Flevoland – News – More space to live in Hanzekwartier
There are too few buyers or tenants for the newly planned commercial spaces on the ground floor in part of the Hanzekwartier in Dronten. This is why the municipality now wants to make it possible to live on the ground floor near the Havenkade. The possibility of commercial spaces remains. A mix of housing and shops can thus be created …
Read More »NASA opens ‘new’ moon sample brought to Earth in 1972 and kept sealed for 50 years
It was designed by Alex Meshik, Olga Pravdivtseva, and Rita Parai of Washington University in St. Louis. Francesca McDonald of the European Space Agency (ESA) led a team that built the special instrument to gently pierce the lunar steel tube without escaping gas. Together they have created and carefully tested a unique system to collect the extremely valuable material – …
Read More »Room for Ukrainian refugees in the ADM office in Hoogeveen and the former Fletcher Hotel in Emmen
Heaps of beds are waiting in the parking lot in front of the old hotel to be hoisted inside. The beds come from the defense warehouse in Stroe, Gelderland. “It was quick action,” Henkjan Pap said on behalf of the military. “I got a call last night, and they’re already here.” While firefighters work on the moving elevator to get …
Read More »Nijmegen environmental service reported faulty
The Environment Agency for the Region of Nijmegen (ODRN) did not report to what extent the permits were up to date and whether the ODRN inspected the companies most harmful to the environment (establishment type C) in less than once a year. This emerges from the Nijmegen Joint Research Collaboration – ODRN type C institutions of the Berenschot firm. never …
Read More »Solar storm warning with massive volcanic eruption from the sun bringing ‘thunderbolt’ to Earth within hours | Science
One of the most powerful forms of solar storms, coronal mass emission (CME), occurs when the sun spews out a cloud of charged particles and electromagnetic fluctuations.The CME passing close to Earth today was launched into space three days ago by ‘wires’ of interlocking magnetic fields on the surface of the Sun. Early forecasts indicated that the next solar storm …
Read More »Henk Peter Kip (Mitros) on the housing shortage
The housing shortage is getting worse and yet the housing associations are building far too little. How did it happen? Henk Peter Kip, chairman of the board of the housing company Mitros, is a guest at BNR Business. Kees de Kort Every day, just after noon, presenter Thomas van Zijl discusses the economic situation with macroeconomist and commentator Kees de …
Read More »The shorter the growl, the happier the pig: scientists analyze more than 7,000 sound recordings
Scientists from eight European countries analyzed more than 7,000 recordings of growling pigs. Using an algorithm, they were able to determine if the growl in question expressed a positive emotion such as joy or excitement, or if the pig was experiencing stress or fear. It turns out that the shorter the growl, the better the pig feels about himself. A …
Read More »The crater under the Greenland ice sheet is much older than expected: 58 million years
A devastating meteorite impact on Greenland discovered in 2018 has not happened in the past 2.6 million years, as previously thought. No, it happened 58 million years ago. Scientists conclude this after dating rock grains near the impact crater. Their the results were released on Wednesday in Scientists progress†The discovery of the impact crater, in northern Greenland, was described …
Read More »A voting aid for those who like to smoke a joint, rent a studio on Airbnb or party more often | Utrecht
Utrecht choosesSuppose you like to smoke a joint in a cafe. Or you can rent your studio in the center of Utrecht if you are on holiday yourself. Which political party to vote for in municipal elections? More and more action groups and interest groups are showing voters the way with their own voting guides. Richard Hoving 09-03-22, 12:30 Last …
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