Meten van broeikasgassen in het landschap

Verschillende meetinstrumenten en technieken worden ingezet om de dynamiek van deze uitwisseling in ruimte en tijd in beeld te krijgen. De metingen moeten vertellen wat de netto broeikasgasbalans van het landschap is en hoe deze zal reageren op een veranderend klimaa

State of nature 2019

State of Nature 2019 presents an overview of how the country’s wildlife is faring, looking back over nearly 50 years of monitoring to see how nature has changed in the UK, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. As well as this long-term view, we focus on what has happened in the last decade, and so whether things are getting better or worse for nature. In addition, we have assessed the pressures that are acting on nature, and the responses being made, collectively, to counter these pressures

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Synthesis report ME01: Integrated observations and modelling of greenhouse gas budgets at the ecosystem level in The Netherlands

In Nederland komt ongeveer 10% van alle emissies van de broeikasgassen uit land-gebonden bronnen en nog eens 5% uit aan het landgebruik verbonden activiteiten. Nederlandse onderzoekers hebben binnen het Bsik-onderzoeksprogramma Klimaat voor Ruimte (KvR) gewerkt aan het verbeteren en verfijnen van de emissieschattingen in tijd en ruimte, aan het terugdringen van de onzekerheid in de emissiedata, het ontwerpen van maatregelen om de emissies van het landgebruik te reduceren en innovatieve methoden om N2O en CH4 emissies te bepalen toegepast en verder ontwikkeld

Synthesis report ME01: Integrated observations and modelling of greenhouse gas budgets at the ecosystem level in The Netherlands

In Nederland komt ongeveer 10% van alle emissies van de broeikasgassen uit land-gebonden bronnen en nog eens 5% uit aan het landgebruik verbonden activiteiten. Nederlandse onderzoekers hebben binnen het Bsik-onderzoeksprogramma Klimaat voor Ruimte (KvR) gewerkt aan het verbeteren en verfijnen van de emissieschattingen in tijd en ruimte, aan het terugdringen van de onzekerheid in de emissiedata, het ontwerpen van maatregelen om de emissies van het landgebruik te reduceren en innovatieve methoden om N2O en CH4 emissies te bepalen toegepast en verder ontwikkeld