Scientists and policy makers are calling to frame climate change as an emergency, to make quick large-scale political decisions. But is this a good strategy?
Nadine Smit, researcher at the Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, has discovered new chemical tracers to investigate the presence of terrestrial bacteria that consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
New research published today by palaeo-ecologist Dr Timme H. Donders may provide tools for forest management to increase forest resilience to future climate change.
There's a well-known Dutch saying 'The rain that falls today, will not fall tomorrow'. But can you also say 'What falls today, will not fall next week'?
The English Wikipedia now has a large number of articles on oceanography after 40 students of Dynamic Oceanography each wrote an article for the platform.
Paleontologists revised the description a Patagosaurus fossil that was discovered in the 1970s. What were they able to research now, that wasn't possible before?
Fourteen Utrecht-based researchers each receive an NWO Vidi scholarship of 800,000 euros. The laureates are going to use this money to develop their own, renewing research projects.
Air quality measurements at street level show that Amsterdam streets with heavy traffic contain up to three times more harmful particles than quieter neighborhoods with fewer cars.
Irrigation is sensitive to salt, but also seems to be the most important driver of salinisation – even in wetter areas. How can we break this vicious cycle?
Deelnemers aan een training kregen meer zelfvertrouwen over hun digitale vaardigheden en over hun leervermogen, zeggen onderzoekers van de Universiteit Utrecht.
Glenn and his HU colleagues' are assembling Precious Plastic's final machine that will show how a circular - rather than linear - supply chain can exist.
This is the third in a series of labs, where scientists from a variety of disciplines collaborate with other experts to address societal challenges with the help of artificial intelligence.
Creating a sustainable city does not come from a single radical moment of change; instead, it requires persistent small steps over time. What are the challenges in sustainable transformation?
Rivers in Asian mountain ranges partly consist of melted snow. Less snow due to climate change also means less water availability for downstream communities.
Van ’t Hoff obtained his PhD in 1874 in Utrecht on the topic of stereochemistry, as illustrated on the mural unveiled today at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht.
