May 2017

• 24
  May

  Mature pine forest surprisingly resistant to high ozone concentrations

  Lore Verryckt investigated the effect of ozone on carbon use by the trees during a 15-year period
• 23
  May

  Ximena Velez-Liendo wins 'green Oscar' for conservation

  The former UAntwerpen PhD student has an innovative approach to the conservation of the Andean bears in Bolivia
• 23
  May

  Luther - 500 Years Reformation - Lecture Series

  To commemorate the start of the Reformation, UCSIA organizes a public lecture series (in English) – and seminars for students – at the University of Antwerp.
• 23
  May

  The 'warmer spring-bigger carbon sink' hypothesis challenged

  A new study shows that boreal forests are limited in their capacity to increase their production with increasing spring temperatures due to climate change
• 22
  May

  Egyptian vultures put on red makeup

  For the first time ever, 'avian cosmetics' have been caught on video. Why the birds put on makeup, remains enigmatic.
• 19
  May

  Rat wars in New Zealand

  In the Radio 1 show 'Nieuwe Feiten' Herwig Leirs reflected on the plan to eradicate all possums, stoats and rats in New Zealand.
• 19
  May

  Jasper Bloemen in final Science Battle 2017

  With his performance on Thirsty Trees, he convinced all 450 attending children between 6 and 12 years old that trees are superheroes in the battle against climate change.
• 18
  May

  Patrick Meire receives Career Achievement Award

  Patrick Meire received the award during the nocturne of the Belgian Committee of the International Water Association on May 16th for his contribution to integrated water management.
• 16
  May

  Mesodrome also targets private enterprises

  In the May issue of the journal "Ondernemers", the brand new Mesodrome research facility is presented to entrepreneurs.
• 15
  May

  Students from disadvantaged groups score significantly lower

  University of Antwerp maps intake and study progress of at-risk students. Young people from ethnic minority backgrounds generally score lower than the overall student population.
• 10
  May

  Chinese snail found in Campine brook

  In Gazet van Antwerpen, Tom Van den Neucker was inteviewed on the discovery of Chinese snails in a brook in the Campine region.
• 8
  May

  Polluted air can generate power

  Antwerp and Leuven researchers come up with innovative process.
• 7
  May

  Improving water quality is not only about installation of more waste water treatment plants

  Lindsay Geerts (UAntwerpen) investigated why oxygen depletion persists in the Elbe estuary (Germany) and not in the Schelde estuary (Belgium), despite similar water purification efforts.
• 5
  May

  Antwerp team wins Moot Court Constitutional Law

  Law students Felix Feyt, Isaura De Cleen and Ben Claes won the Moot Court Constitutional Law in writing the best brief and finished second for the best oral argument.
• 3
  May

  The emerging role of sub-national human rights institutions in the international human rights regime

  On 3 May, Andrew Wolman succesfully defended his PhD at the University of Antwerp Law Faculty.