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IBED in de media

Fabian Dablander in NRC about climate optimism

Climate optimism is necessary but it must be factual. "We are doing well in tackling the climate crisis": Fabian Dablander and Guus Dix hear this regularly. However, the optimists provide weak support for their story.

NRC - 04 March

Erik Cammeraat in the Reformatorisch Dagblad about desertification in Spain

Southeastern Spain Spain is suffering from desertification, or the process in which increasing droughts set in motion all kinds of processes that turn ecosystems into deserts. Erik Cammeraat is an expert in the field of desertification and goes to this region every year with a group of students. The Reformatorisch Dagblad spoke to him about the problems at hand and what residents of the region can do to prevent further desertification.

Reformatorisch Dagblad - 2 March

Reformatorisch Dagblad via LexisNexis

Jef Huisman in Hart van Nederland about nitrogen and the farmers' protests

On February 28, SBS6 news program Hart van Nederland focused on the ongoing farmers' protests and the nitrogen crisis in our country. Jef Huisman commented. 

SBS 6 Hart van Nederland - 28 February

Gerard Oostermeijer in Folia about the earlier arrival of spring

Due to climate change, nature in our country is 'waking up' earlier and earlier. University magazine Folia asked Gerard Oostermeijer what the consequences of this earlier spring are for nature.

Folia - 28 February

Annemarie van Wezel in Het Financieele Dagblad about Pfas pesticides

How harmful a substance is depends on how much it is used.' Annemarie Van Wezel points to the world's most used and controversial herbicide, glyphosate. Glyphosate is known as a product that is safer than other pesticides, provided farmers use it selectively. But many crops use a lot of glyphosate, says Van Wezel. '

Het Financieele Dagblad - 24 february 

Annemarie van Wezel in De Telegraaf about the purification methods for Spring and mineral water from France

Spring and mineral water from France is not as pure natural as its producers claim. Due to bacteria or chemical contamination (such as traces of pesticides), those brands has been treated for years using filters, carbon and UV light. These purification techniques are permitted for tap water, but are prohibited for water labeled 'spring water' or 'natural mineral water'. “It is not in accordance with the rules, but they are fairly regular methods that the water companies use,” says Annemarie van Wezel. “They are also used in the Dutch drinking water sector, where approximately a third of our drinking water is made from surface water.”

De Telegraaf - 23 february 


Anja Spang in NRC about evolution of complex cells and the role of archaea

How did complex cells and multicellular life arise? What is the role of the so-called archaea, wonderful single-celled organisms that look a bit like bacteria but are not? Anja Spang (UvA-IBED) talks in NRC about the latest insights into this, following her Inaugural Lecture on 9 February 2024

NRC - 17 February

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Esmeralda Alcantar en Kelly Latijnhouwers in Folia about their coral research in Curaçao 

The coral around Curaçao is doing very badly. In university magazine Folia, PhD students Esmeralda Alcantar and Kelly Latijnhouwers talk about their coral research in the region, recent significant coral mortality and how difficult it is to restore the reefs.

Folia - 9 February

Curacao.NU - 11 February

Pim de Voogt on NOS and TV program Nieuwsuur about the danger of a drug lab in a residential area

The recent explosion in the middle of a residential area in Rotterdam may have been the result of a problem in an illegal drug lab. Pim de Voogt talks about the potential dangers of the presence of such an illegal laboratory in the middle of a residential area

NOS - 4 February

Nieuwsuur, NPO1 - 4 February

Giuditta Beretta in Folia about her PhD research

University magazine Folia has an interview with Giuditta Beretta about her PhD research into natural control of the pest thrips. She discovered, among other things, that the thrips Echinothrip americanus, a problem species in the floriculture of roses and gerberas, among others, easily repels an attack from predatory mites through a kind of swinging movement with its abdomen.

Folia - 25 January

Species seeks species

In 2023, a project was launched to construct an infrastructure to identify every living species in the Netherlands and to monitor biodiversity. The digital platform, called ARISE (Authoritative and Rapid Identification System for Essential biodiversity information), is the first of its kind in the world. It will provide researchers with various tools for rapid and automated mapping of the natural world by any method. The partners in the project believe it can help to reverse the loss of biodiversity. The platform is already accessible for researchers.

NWO - 15 January

A lot of media attention for the research by Bart Hoekstra into the effect of fireworks on birds

A new study led by Bart Hoekstra into the effect of lighting fireworks on birds has received a lot of media attention within and outside the Netherlands (see also )

Dagblad De Limburger.nl - 7 January  

Reformatorisch Dagblad - 6 January