A2M - a program to compute all possible mineral modes from geochemical analyses
A2M (‘Analysis to Mineralogy’) is a computer program to determine, for given total chemical analyses, all possible mineral modes from an arbitrary but pre-specified set of minerals.
Evidence for large average concentrations of the nitrate radical (NO3) in Western Europe from the HANSA hydrocarbon database
The nitrate radical (NO 3) was first measured in the atmosphere in the 1970s and suggestions were made that it could play a major role in oxidising many unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as those emitted…
Uncertainty communication in environmental assessments: views from the Dutch science-policy interface
Scientific assessments of environmental problems, and policy responses to those problems, involve uncertainties of many sorts. Meanwhile, potential impacts of wrong decisions can be far-reaching. This…
Realisation of Environmental Targets - Progress report 2007. Summary
This report is intended to assist the annual policy accountability process (the VBTB debate) by providing information about trends in pressure on the environment and environmental quality.It also…
The cost and effectiveness of climate policy in Europe depend on the international post-2012 climate regime. This report analyzes four alternative policy scenarios. The analysis shows that only if all…
Economic and ecological consequences of four European land use scenarios
The global context is important for future European land use, especially in futures where environmental policies are ignored. Environmental and trade agreements must be sufficiently integrated or…
Cross-roads of Life on Earth: Exploring means to meet the 2010 Biodiversity Target
The continuing economic and demographic growth, and the accompanying increase in food production, forestry, intensification of agriculture, fragmentation and climate change are causing the continuing…
Predicting the effect of climate change on temperate shallow lakes with the ecosystem model PCLake
Shallow lakes shift from a clear to a turbid state when a critical nutrient loading is exceed. Calculations with PCLake predict that climate change will likely lead to decreased critical nutrient…
Improving the spatial coherence of nature areas using genetic algorithms
The National Ecological Network in the Netherlands will provide a network of high-quality nature areas to improve its spatial coherence. To realize this goal in the period 1990-2018 over 1,500 square…
Biogeophysical effects of land use on climate: model simulations of radiative forcing and large-scale temperature change
Changes in land cover affect climate through the surface energy and moisture budgets. Here we assess the importance of these biogeophysical effects for present-day climate, and quantify the radiative…
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
