De coronapandemie heeft tot extra vervuiling van de Nederlandse rivieroevers geleid. Tal van gemeenten hebben de afgelopen maanden bij Schone Rivieren aan de bel getrokken over de toegenomen hoeveelheid afval langs de oevers.
Unravelling the impact of invasive species on the Balgzand food web
Over the past decades, benthic communities that inhabit an enormous mudflat system in the western Wadden Sea, known as Balgzand, have felt the impact of multiple drivers including invasive species. Recent research by Sarina Jung (NIOZ and Utrecht University) reveals important long-term shifts that took place in these communities in this transition zone between seawater … Lees verder