Tjalling de Haas (Dept. of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences) has won the NWO-Vening Meinesz Prize for earth sciences. He receives the prize of 10,000 euros for his groundbreaking research into debris flows.
Researchers from both the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Law and the Faculty of Geosciences are working on solutions to counter drought in the Netherlands.
The number of habitats of freshwater fish species threatened by global warming will be ten times smaller if global warming is limited to 1.5 °C instead of 3 °C.