Because of declining concentrations of tritium the conventional way of studying underground flows of water is at risk of becoming useless. A group of researchers including scientists from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ worked out just how long the old tritium method will still be useful across the world.
Lydian Boschman receives the prize for her research on the role that tectonics, palaeogeography and palaeoclimate have played in shaping contemporary biodiversity.