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Dr Esther Stouthamer has been appointed by the Executive Board of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ as professor Delta Evolution and Subsurface Processes in the department of Physical Geography.

Commissioned by nature organisations, Marleen van Rijswick, Professor of Water Law at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, investigated the dessication in Noord-Brabant province from a European law perspective

Researchers have show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet played a greater role in sea level rise during warm periods in the early Miocene than previously thought.

An international research team developed an extensive global subsidence map that shows areas and populations that will be under threat of land subsidence.

With a new tool, developed by UU and Witteveen+Bos, residents can test how well their homes are able to withstand water.

Many authors from science and practice have contributed to this book, edited by professors Marleen van Rijswick and Herman Havekes, among others.

Publication in Nature, exploring the land ice contribution to sea level in the 21st century arising from the world’s glaciers and the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

Mariëtte Wolthers is appointed professor of Aquatic Geochemistry in the Earth Sciences Department of the Faculty of Geosciences

Prof. Frank Groothuijse and Prof. Jasper Griffioen advised the Province of Drenthe on improving the (drinking) water quality of the Drentsche Aa

As of 1 January 2024, Professor Albert Klein Tank will begin work as the Scientific Director of the Delta Climate Center, and as Professor of Sustainable Transitions for River Deltas in a Changing Climate at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

Marjolijn Haasnoot has been appointed Professor of Climate Adaptation in Deltas and Coastal Regions as of 1 November 2023.

Why does the Rhine have such an extensive history? Researchers explain this in detail with the help of some 40 old maps of the Netherlands.

A new study shows that tailoring risk management measures to the worst flood or drought to date is not enough.

Investors, planners and managers of real estate and infrastructure work together with scientists from various disciplines, including law.

By 2085, 12 million tonnes sediment will be lost from Dutch deltas annually - enough to fill the Kuip stadium every other month.

New issue of the journal Sustainability, co-edited by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's professor of water law Marleen van Rijswick, focuses on the EU's Water Framework Directive

February 2nd is World Wetlands Day. Dr. Rakhyun Kim questions whether, at 50, the Ramsar Convention will have sufficient impact on wetlands in the long term.

Rather than the previously estimated 20%, half of the world's wastewater is being treated. What are barriers and opportunities to increase wastewater treatment?

This summer, when the roads in the Netherlands are covered with farmer's protest flags, Frank Groothuijse was appointed professor of European and national environmental law.

New Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ research shows an increase in the amount of sediment in deltas since 2000: good news for coastal protection.