A quest for methane-eating microbes This summer, a team of international researchers sets out for the Bothnian Sea on research vessel Pelagia, the Dutch flagship for marine research. The aim
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Koen Pelsma received Kiem award
NESSC-researcher Koen Pelsma awarded for publication on the methane cycle in canals of Amsterdam. Koen Pelsma Koen Pelsma (Radboud University) received the Kiem award past Wednesday
/ read moreMethane-eating microbes discovered in canals of Amsterdam
NESSC-study discovers new microbes living in the canals of Amsterdam that consume methane gas. Scientists of Radboud University and Utrecht University investigated how much methane gas the canals in Amsterdam
/ read more‘Permafrost bomb’ not ticking as loudly as feared
Young soils in the East Siberian Arctic provide the majority of released greenhouse gases, a new NESSC article , published in Nature Communications, shows. Rising temperatures in the Arctic
/ read moreNESSC-scientists awarded prestigious ERC-grant
NESSC-researchers Mike Jetten and Caroline Slomp receive a prestigious ERC Synergy grant of €7.6 million. With the EU research grant they will investigate how micro-organism remove harmful methane and
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