The WATERMINING project aims to bring solutions to improve the circularity of water treatment and the resulting by-products of these processes. Achieving a deep understanding of the barriers potentially hindering the development of circular water solutions is crucial to design policies that enable the …

Rewilding is a new agrarian movement, that welds together nature and farming. In this project, situated in the western part of the Zuiderwaterlinie, a new ecological landscape is created in a traditional agrarian area. Because of different subsoils a new zoning is introduced, including a lake with a …

Research regarding relations between coastal vegetation types and accompanying erosion rates. Coastal erosion is a potential threat for ~100 million people that are living within one meter below mean sea level. Furthermore, it poses a threat to wildlife such as marine turtles, and plant communities that …

Decomposition is an ecosystem process, mainly important in the carbon and nitrogen cycles. When looking at what drives decomposition, there are three major drivers. These are plant litter quality, microbes and soil animals (detritivores). A large problem in understanding the decomposition process is …

Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …

There is consensus that plant species richness enhances plant productivity within natural grasslands, but the underlying drivers remain debated. Recently, differential accumulation of soil‐borne fungal pathogens across the plant diversity gradient has been proposed as a cause of this pattern. However, …

Climate change is a major contributor to the range shifts of several organisms such as plant species. A range is the geographical area where a species can be found and it is possible for plant species to undergo a range shift while still being present in their original one. These plants are called range-expanders. …

De duinen bij het Noorderstrand van Schouwen-Duivenland worden verbreed om de veiligheid te kunnen blijven garanderen. Door deze verbreding zal een bijzonder natuurgebiedje in de Zouten Haard verloren gaan. Duizenden exemplaren van de Harlekijn (Anacamptis morio ) komen onder het zand van de duinversterking …

Hoge stikstofdepositie leidt in voedselarme ecosystemen nog steeds tot een overschrijding van de maximum tolerantiegrens. De overmatige stikstofdepositie werkt niet alleen in op planten(gemeenschappen) en herbivoren maar de grotere hoeveelheid beschikbare stikstof werkt door op het gehele ecosysteem. …