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While some of her peers were retiring, Arlene Houk took a new assignment in the Netherlands.

Since especially highly populated countries like the Netherlands are located along the coastline with much of their land mass below NAP, dredging is required to combat the expected rise of sea levels due to climate change.

Dutch requirement will hit technology sector, universities warn

Five Dutch universities warned in an op-ed published by De Volkskrant that the Netherlands cannot afford to restrict English-language courses in the technical domain, given the current need for international talent in major transitions such as energy, food supply, climate, and digitalization.

Sales of electric cars are slumping as buyers are in doubt because road tax will soon also be applicable to these vehicles, AD reported on Friday. Starting in 2025, electric car owners will begin paying road tax, initially at a quarter of the standard rate, and then the full rate in 2026. This tax is considerable, as electric cars are typically 300 to 600 kilos heavier than fuel cars.

The Inter-University Coalition on Palestine is mobilizing students and workers at hundreds of universities worldwide who refuse to accept the rules of the colonial university. We demand a Free Palestine. This is the horizon of our collective freedom.

A 42-year-old man escaped Saturday night after being kidnapped in Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, the police reported. The victim was not injured and was able to call the police after his escape. The man was reportedly abducted by several people on Saturday. He managed to escape near Poptahof Noord in Delft, Zuid-Holland. However, the police have not yet arrested anyone.

Companies are weaving silk from sugary yeast, leather from mushroom fibres; creating textiles so alive, they must be watered — and they breathe as theyre worn.

Losses of ice from Greenland have caused about 17 percent of observed sea level rise between the years 2006 and 2018, and if the remaining five collapse, the northern hemisphere will have lost all its shelves.

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