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- Nitrogen cycling in inland waters accelerated three to six times in the 20th centuryAccording to a new publication, biogeochemical processes in global inland waters that break down, transform, or bury nitrogen in sediment are occurring three to six times faster compared to 110 years ago./en/news/nitrogen-cycling-in-inland-waters-accelerated-three-to-six-times-in-the-20th-century
- Nominate your student for the Migration and Societal Change Best Master Thesis AwardTo recognize and promote excellence in student research as well as awareness in our field, the focus area Migration and Societal Change awards the best master’s thesis./en/news/nominate-your-student-for-the-migration-and-societal-change-best-master-thesis-award-0
- Then vs. now: Did the Horn of Africa reach a drought tipping point 11,700 years ago?If climate models predict that much of tropical Africa will become wetter with a warming climate, then why does it keep getting drier in the Horn of Africa?/en/news/then-vs-now-did-the-horn-of-africa-reach-a-drought-tipping-point-11700-years-ago
- Finding Argoland: how a lost continent resurfacedWhat happened to the lost continent of Argoland? Geologists at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ have managed to reconstruct the history of this microcontinent./en/news/finding-argoland-how-a-lost-continent-resurfaced
- Open access to Earth research labs and data in the NetherlandsBy sharing research facilities and data openly to scientists undertaking research into the subsurface, we aim to improve our collective knowledge and pave the way to a safe and sustainable use of the subsurface./en/news/open-access-to-earth-research-labs-and-data-in-the-netherlands
- Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s Earth Sciences for the First Time Ever in the Guinness Book of World RecordsDan Palcu's research shows the immense proportions of the largest lake the Earth has ever seen: the Paratethys./en/news/utrecht-universitys-earth-sciences-for-the-first-time-ever-in-the-guinness-book-of-world-records
- Call for Papers - Multidisciplinary PhD Conference on Digital Labour PlatformsWe invite PhD students at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, from all disciplines, to submit their work on digital labour platforms./en/news/call-for-papers-multidisciplinary-phd-conference-on-digital-labour-platforms
- The focus area Migration and Societal Change has a vacancy for a Student Assistant (0.3 FTE)The Focus Area Migration and Societal Change has a vacancy for a Student Assistant./en/news/the-focus-area-migration-and-societal-change-has-a-vacancy-for-a-student-assistant-03-fte
- Lithium isotopes in lake sediments as proxies for the evolution of the earth’s critical zoneResearch at the La Thuile lake in the Northern French Alps/en/news/lithium-isotopes-in-lake-sediments-as-proxies-for-the-evolution-of-the-earths-critical-zone
- New mosasaur species identifiedA fossil unearthed in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area appears to be a new mosasaur species, possibly the oldest mosasaur ever found./en/news/new-mosasaur-species-identified
- Plate tectonic surprise: Utrecht geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plateIts existence was predicted over 10 years ago based on fragments of old tectonic plates found deep in the Earth’s mantle./en/news/plate-tectonic-surprise-utrecht-geologist-unexpectedly-finds-remnants-of-a-lost-mega-plate
- Level of trust in education system is key predictor of whether students will drop outA team of researchers at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ concludes in the journal Nature, trust in institutions is one of the most significant predictors of whether students will drop out./en/news/level-of-trust-in-education-system-is-key-predictor-of-whether-students-will-drop-out
- Palaeo-CSI: Mosasaurs were picky eatersWear marks on mosasaur teeth studied with 3D techniques for the first time/en/news/palaeo-csi-mosasaurs-were-picky-eaters
- Call for Seed Money Proposals Spring 2024Call for seed money proposals Migration and Societal Change, Spring 2024/en/news/call-for-seed-money-proposals-spring-2024
- End report of the Sensors SIG: Understanding Human Behavior Through Sensor DataAs of May 2024, and after several years of successful interdisciplinary collaboration, the Special Interest Group (SIG) Sensors has ceased to exist./en/news/end-report-of-the-sensors-sig-understanding-human-behavior-through-sensor-data
- Microfossils shed light on the long fossil record of euglenoidsA 400-million-year evolutionary history of euglenoids/en/news/microfossils-shed-light-on-the-long-fossil-record-of-euglenoids
- Peter Pelzer nominated for national teacher prizePeter Pelzer, associate professor at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, has been nominated by the Dutch National Student Association (ISO) for the national Teacher of the Year election for Higher Education./en/news/peter-pelzer-nominated-for-national-teacher-prize
- New minor Environmental Humanities: sustainability, biodiversity, and the climate crisisHumanities scholars have an important role to play in sustainability issues, students learn in Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s new Environmental Humanities minor./en/news/new-minor-environmental-humanities-sustainability-biodiversity-and-the-climate-crisis