The sea butterfly is very sensitive to climate change. As CO2 in the atmosphere increases, it causes acidification of the oceans. The sea butterfly's shell has to take the first hit.
The first land masses rose above sea level 3.7 billion years ago, a billion years earlier than some estimates, and only 800 million years after the formation of the Earth.
In households, the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is regularly transmitted from infected humans to cats and dogs. This is evident from research conducted by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, Wageningen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ & Research and Erasmus Medical Center.
From now on, the university will go for maximum reuse of furniture for office use and education. This will be achieved by means of second-life or circular furniture. The ambition is that eventually, no new furniture will be purchased at all.
Researchers discussed the challenges & opportunities of publishing in an Open Science context during the roundtable 'How does Open Science affect our publishing strategy' on 10 February 2022. You can read the report here.
Dr Esther Stouthamer has been appointed by the Executive Board of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ as professor Delta Evolution and Subsurface Processes in the department of Physical Geography.
A research team in the US has identified the neural network involved in melodic improvisation during a finch’s practice session. They also discovered why improvisations diminish when performing in front of a female. The answer is stress.
Resuscitation instructor Sophie tells us about how she thinks that resuscitations lessons in high school might save lives and should therefore also be added to the curriculum.
Did you have corona in the past two years? The variant(s) that caused your infection might have been improved or worsened your immune response to new coronavirus variants in the future.
Kees Koedijk joined Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ last year as professor Sustainable Finance. He studies the effects of climate change on the investments in shares and bonds of large investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.
A new tool to share data about plastic pollution in the ocean has won this year’s edition of the Blue-Cloud Hackathon. The team, led by Delphine Lobelle, wins a €25.000 cash prize.
Awareness campaign of the 14 Dutch university funds, until the end of March tantalising questions will be asked on the radio, social media and in national newspapers.
Bert Weckhuysen and assistant professors Eline Hutter and Freddy Rabouw reflect on rewards and incentives. What consequences do the changes have for them?
Law researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's NILOS institute participate in EU project to map and evaluate the regulation of (competing) environmental and economic uses of our seas
