Over the course of the 2020 summer, several personal grants were awarded for PhD research in our team. Harro Jongen recently joined the team in November 2020, funded by a personal PhD grant from the Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (WIMEK) graduate programme. He will work on the coupling …
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Measuring evaporation from a lowland reservoir
Lake IJssel has an important function in providing fresh water to the northern part of the Netherlands, in particular during dry summers. The amount of water that evaporates from Lake IJssel is however poorly known, which affects water management. As part of the NWO-funded project “Smart Water Management in a …
Continue readingReduced soil diatom productivity during drought
Although largely invisible to the human eye, large numbers of diatoms can be found on the soil surface. These diatoms are known to reflect local environmental conditions, but until recently, relatively little was known about their response to changing weather conditions. Diatoms are microscopic, unicellular algae and form one of …
Continue readingForest benefits from groundwater during drought – but not everywhere
It is often believed that trees can use their deeper roots to access groundwater during dry periods, but direct evidence for this is sparse. Both in situ observations and global datasets can provide insight into the relation between forest and groundwater, as is shown in two recent studies.
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