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Researchers from UU and Naturalis warn for a sea-level rise of 9 to 18 metres in the Caspian Sea in the coming 80 years.

Utrecht computer science researchers are launching a second AI Lab in January 2021, focusing on the themes of Mobility, Transport and Logistics.

Achieving a positive operating result is particularly difficult for companies with a large potential contribution to reducing the global CO2-emissions.

Joint perspective on how these sectors can contribute to solving urgent scientific and societal issues

Ultra-thin clay-films between sand grain contacts play a key role.

Researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ provide the current state of affairs on legal aspects of climate change, energy transition and climate adaptation in the Netherlands.

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is working to strengthen global and regional biodiversity. In order to further commit itself to this goal, the university joined the Delta Plan Biodiversity Recovery on 8 December 2020. A small step on paper, a big leap forward in the field of sustainability.

In the Mixed Classroom of the Urban Futures Studio, students and policy staff investigate together how we imagine the future and how we can do better. With this innovative form of education in which students and professionals learn from and with each other, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is competing for the Nederlandse Hogeronderwijspremie 2021.

Catherine Blanchard successfully defended her thesis on sustainable high seas fisheries on 30 November at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

The Future Food Board appoints Prescilla Jeurink as new Future Food Ambassador

Future Food Massive Online Open Course will start again in 2022! ‘Unravelling Solutions for Future Food problems’

The Dutch climate policy only covers greenhouse gas emissions in our own country. But is this actually right, wonders Birka Wicke from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

New equipment detects more gas leaks than equipment currently used by gas companies, according to researchers in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Seismologist Arwen Deuss receives the Athena Award, an award from NWO for remarkable female researchers who are role models for others.

The major source of uncertainty in sea-level rise stems from limited understanding of the melt of the Antarctic ice sheet. Different existing models that quantify ice shelf melt from ocean temperatures are compared.

The project ‘Causality in multi-agent systems: learning and verification’ will receive a grant for two PhD positions.

Plastic is an overwhelming issue, which is why the Precious Plastic project is approaching it from one angle, addressing one specific but significant stream.

The Web of Science list of the most highly cited researchers has been published again and this year’s edition features eight researchers from Geosciences.

NILOS (Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research will conduct trans-disciplinary research into protecting hydrothermal vents.

Thirteen pairs of scientists from UU and NIOZ have been awarded grants to conduct joint research into the functioning of (coastal) seas and oceans.

The acceleration rate of sea-level rise will be an impeccable indicator of sea level threats along the vulnerable coasts over the 21st century. We investigated the main drivers.

Deltas have historically been the focus of human development. Some deltas became locked-in, too costly to return to natural states. Researchers conducted a historical analysis on anthropogenic pressures over the past 300 years over 48 deltas world-wide.

Lonneke Roelofs wins Escher prize voor best Master's thesis.

Scientists are less willing to cooperate with companies in their research. They prefer to do research together with fellow scientists. A study by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and the Rathenau Institute has shown this.

Five projects from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ have received funding from the so-called National Science Agenda. The Utrecht led consortia receive a total 24.8 million.