Last week The Netherlands experienced one hot day (39°C in some places) and unsurprisingly it was connected to climate change. The Dutch Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) even claimed on national television that the hottest days are now four degrees Celsius warmer than a century ago. But is this true? Rob de Vos, [...]
By Arnout Jaspers Thwaites Glacier. Credit: NASA/James Yungel In 2016, a headline grabbing study said that the Antarctic ice sheet is much more unstable than was estimated untill then. As a consequence, projected sea level rise in 2100 would double. Computer modellers from Deltares and KNMI scrambled back to their drawing boards [...]
Een bijdrage van Kees le Pair. Kees le Pair Nu zelfs in de publieke media wel eens wat twijfel opduikt aan de wijsheid kernenergie in de ban te doen, is het tijd voor rationele bezinning. En daarbij vooral de lange termijn in het oog te houden. Dat heeft dan vanzelf consequenties voor wat nu [...]
