Arnold van Vliet

Record early start growing season in The Netherlands

This year the growing season started record early in the Netherlands due to the record high temperatures in February, March and early April. It fits in the long-term trend of lengthening of the growing season due to climate change. It is very likely that the projected future climate change will significantly worsen the impacts on […]

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Mosquito-borne diseases in the Netherlands

In 2020, the West Nile virus, transmitted by the common house mosquito, appeared for the first time in The Netherlands. Laboratory research has demonstrated that an increase in temperature will increase the likeliness of West Nile transmission in our country. As a result, people will get ill and some will die after a mosquito bite.

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