/en en Sun, 11 May 2025 01:23:34 +0200 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:04:00 +0200 /en/news/oxygen-is-running-low-in-inland-waters-and-humans-are-to-blame Research reveals that the way oxygen is produced and used in inland waters has dramatically changed since 1900. The culprit? Human activities 148441 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:04:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/eocene-paradox-intensified-bottom-water-in-greenhouse-climate Investigation of the chemical signature of fish remains to track past ocean currents at the sea floor. 148433 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/uu-and-vu-discuss-potential-continuation-of-some-earth-science-education-and-research Utrecht University (ÀÖÓãºǫ́) is exploring the possibility of continuing certain aspects of earth science research and education of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) in Utrecht. 148418 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/delta-climate-center-launches-first-phd-projects-zeeland-as-a-living-lab-for-sustainable-deltas First Delta Climate Center PhD researchers Wim Huibregtse, Saskia Nijhof and Kiara Lasch start their research on sustainability challenges in the Dutch province of Zeeland and delta regions globally. 148331 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:46:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/embodying-randomness-in-nature-through-theatre-teaching-evolution-to-kids-at-science-is-wonderful Science is Wonderful! demonstrates that it is possible to explain research-focused, complex scientific topics to children of all ages and cultural backgrounds. 148255 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/winners-uu-teacher-awards-2025-lennart-de-groot-and-alissa-kotowski At the OnderwijsFestival on Thursday 6 March, the winners of the prestigious Teacher Awards were announced. 147604 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:45:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/major-project-launched-improving-climate-models-with-historical-data The researchers aim to enhance existing climate models by incorporating paleo data: information from natural archives that provide insights into past conditions 147419 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/mega-iceberg-from-antarctica-on-collision-course-with-south-georgia-harbinger-of-things-to-come Utrecht University researchers are studying the routes that icebergs followed during geological periods of rapid ice cap deterioration, such as the ends of ice ages. 147269 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:16:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/14-million-euros-for-dutch-research-into-impact-of-deep-sea-mining The Dutch contributing partners of the international MiningImpact3 consortium have been awarded 1.4 million euros by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 146833 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:27:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/innovative-utrecht-contribution-to-methane-cycle-research-in-arctic-lakes Research into microorganisms, methane emissions and climate change interaction in Arctic lakes 146684 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:19:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/marc-bierkens-interim-dean-geosciences The Executive Board of Utrecht University has appointed Prof. Marc Bierkens as the new interim Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences as of 1 March 2025. 146610 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/one-paper-two-awards-double-recognition-for-daan-beelen Robert Mitchum Award and Basin Research Early Career Award for Daan Beelen 146648 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:32:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/subterranean-islands-strongholds-in-a-potentially-less-turbulent-world Contrary to what the geography books teach us, there is no such thing as a well-mixed earth's mantle 146034 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/symposium-on-the-science-industry-interface-of-marine-carbon-dioxide-removal On January 21st, the second marine Carbon Dioxide Removal was organized in Utrecht. A broad variety of speakers gave an overview of the science-industry interface of mCDR. 147824 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/massive-volcanic-eruptions-did-not-cause-the-extinction-of-dinosaurs While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite wiping out the dinosaurs impacted. 145686 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/new-insights-into-the-evolution-and-paleoecology-of-mosasaurs-most-comprehensive-study-to-date Mosasaurus: a textbook example of macroevolution 145435 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/geo-teachers-of-the-year-alissa-kotowski-and-lennart-de-groot Alissa Kotowski and Lennart de Groot, both teachers in Earth Sciences, are the lucky winners of the Geo Teacher Awards 2025. On Wednesday 11 December, both received this prize. 145507 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/erc-consolidator-grants-for-seven-utrecht-based-researchers-0 This year, seven Utrecht researchers will receive an ERC Consolidator Grant of approximately 2 million euros each. The European Union provides these grants support excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage where they may still be consolidating their own independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas. 145309 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/evidence-for-the-mass-extinction-at-the-end-of-the-triassic-period-found-in-the-netherlands-for-the For the first time, evidence has been uncovered for the end-Triassic mass-extinction in the subsurface of the Netherlands. 144674 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/scientists-unravel-extraction-method-for-lithium An international research team, with researchers from Utrecht University, University College London and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, unraveled an unusual extraction mechanism for lithium using iron oxides. 145124 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws