The primary mission of the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU) is to perform high quality fundamental climate research and teaching so as to contribute to solving grand societal challenges related to the global climate crisis, including the training of a new generation of climate scientists with a physics background.

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Focus and impact

  • IMAU research

    Research

     IMAU research addresses fundamental processes in the climate system, and is organised in five themes.
    Our Research
  • IMAU bachelor

    Education

     IMAU staff members and PhD students teach and develop courses at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, especially in Physics bachelor's programme, the Climate Physics master's program and the Graduate School of Natural Sciences.
    Our programmes
  • Floating sensors predict plastic on Galapagos beaches

    Impact

     The fundamental research of IMAU generates impact through collaboration with our partners and stakeholders inside and outside of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.
    Scientific and societal impact

  • IMAU in the news

     Research highlights and IMAU researchers in the media.
    In the media

Facts and figures

Highlights

  • Anna von der Heydt

    Leads new EU-HORIZON project Past to Future (P2F)

    An European consortium of 24 partners is working intensively together to enhance existing climate models by incorporating paleo data.

    About the P2F project
  • Foto van Erik van Sebille

    Erik van Sebille

    receives Vici grant

    Van Sebille aims to better understand the accumulation of marine plastic in northwestern European waters with the grant.

    About the Vici Grant

  • Hans Oerlemans

    winner of prestigious Balzan Prize

    Professor Hans Oerlemans has been emeritus for three years now, but his work continues to be honored.

    About the Balzan Prize
  • Henk Dijkstra

    Henk Dijkstra

    Awarded ERC advanced grant

    During the next five years, he will study the probability of a weakening of the Gulf Stream, and the possible consequences.

    About the grant

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    • Tons of nanoplastic are floating in the Wadden Sea

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      About 20 tons of polystyrene and 5 tons of PET are floating in the Wadden Sea in the form of invisible nano and micro particles, researchers from UU and NIOZ discovered.

    • 2022 Student Award nominees announced

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      Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is proud of its students who achieve something remarkable, either as part of their studies or elsewhere in their lives. Each year during the opening of the academic year, the Rector Magnificus therefore presents two Student Awards.

    • Can the Miocene climate inform the future?

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      In the scientific journal Science, physics researcher Anna von der Heydt reflects on a new publication that gives a glimpse into the future of Earth’s climate.
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