347 search results for “life pollution” in the Student website
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Volunteers vital for protecting wildlife and tackling plastic pollution
From researching plastic pollution to caring for injured wildlife, volunteers play a crucial role in conservation. But much of the valuable knowledge they gather remains unused.
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How light and noise pollution disrupt aquatic life
Fish populations in lakes and rivers have declined in recent decades. This is probably due to light and noise pollution. The Horizon Europe grant enables ecologist Hans Slabbekoorn to investigate this and improve the situation for migrating fish. In order to do so, a seven-metre-long swimming tunnel…
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Christina GalaftonFaculty of Science
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Sebastiaan GrosscurtFaculty of Science
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Jatmiko WahyudiFaculty of Science
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Paul VriendFaculty of Science
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Anagnostis TheodoropoulosFaculty of Science
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Designing Your Life
Desinging Your Life helps students at Leiden University to design their life path and face the future with confidence.
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Bèta and Life Science
HC Bèta and Life Science is the perfect course for students from the Faculty of Science and Biomedical Sciences who want to broaden their studies and their outlook on the scientific world.
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Berent BarisFaculty of Science
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer coordinated an international research project on the impacts of cotton. ‘The purchases of consumers in Europe can contribute to water scarcity in China…
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Helias Udo de HaesFaculty of Science
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Liselotte RambonnetFaculty of Science
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How polluting buildings and machinery make rich countries ever richer
Rich countries are getting richer because of environmentally polluting (construction) investments from the past, largely at the expense of poor countries. This was shown by long-term economic and environmental data. 'The gap between poor and rich countries is widening.' Scientists from the Leiden Institute…
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Dani CrowleyFaculty of Science
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Thijs BoskerFaculty of Science
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journalist to ecologist: PhD candidate researching light and noise pollution
Ecologist Sebastiaan Grosscurt became a successful wildlife journalist after graduating. But he decided to focus on science instead. He started his PhD research this year on the cumulative effect of light and noise pollution on animal behaviour.
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Sustainability Challenge: students trace plastic pellet pollution in the Port of Rotterdam
In the Port of Rotterdam, tiny industrial pellets leak into the environment, causing a form of pollution that’s hard to trace but highly persistent. Three students of the LDE Sustainability Honours Programme took on the challenge to identify sources of this pollution.
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Mingming HuFaculty of Science
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Current standings NSE faculty competition: SV LIFE takes the lead!
Organisation
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Nina van DulmenFaculty of Science
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Lavinia ReitzFaculty of Science
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Bernhard SteubingFaculty of Science
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Alice MondelloFaculty of Science
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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism
PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Dutch journalism award. 'For me, ecological research and journalism are two ways of achieving the same thing.'
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Arjan de KoningFaculty of Science
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Ine AlbertsAdministration and Central Services
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Spread the Wor(l)d – where international experiences come to life
The Spread the Wor(l)d event during the Study Abroad Fair is the place where international experiences truly come alive. Not only will you discover everything about studying abroad, you’ll also get the chance to connect with the vibrant international community of Leiden University.
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Jeroen GuineeFaculty of Science
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Ana Arias CalvoFaculty of Science
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Mathilde VerdamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lieke WirkenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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New technology could make hard-to-recycle plastics recyclable
Cookware handles, electrical plugs, brake pads. Unlike other plastics, these ‘thermosets’ cannot simply be melted down and reshaped, making them difficult to recycle. Chemist Roxanne Kieltyka and her team are now exploring a way to make these materials recyclable, potentially transforming the way we…
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Emilio Solis SanchezFaculty of Science
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculty of Medicine
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Chengjian XuFaculty of Science
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Aymara WagnerFaculty of Science
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Heidi RooijakkersAdministration and Central Services
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Nils PauliksFaculty of Science
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Lauran van OersFaculty of Science
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Mike SlootwegFaculty of Science
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Stefano CucurachiFaculty of Science
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Stewart McDowallFaculty of Science
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Ana Cristina Arcos MarinFaculty of Science
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Carina HarpprechtFaculty of Science
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Xinpeng JinFaculty of Science
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Droovi De ZilvaFaculty of Science
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Sebastiaan DeetmanFaculty of Science
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Hazem EltohamyFaculty of Science