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- 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
- The oldest traces of land on the early EarthThe first land masses rose above sea level 3.7 billion years ago, a billion years earlier than some estimates, and only 800 million years after the formation of the Earth./en/news/oldest-traces-of-land-on-early-earth
- Plate tectonics as a driver for cooling around Antarctica during global climate transition from greenhouse to icehouseHigh-resolution simulations of ocean circulations 34 million years ago show that the tectonic opening of Southern Ocean seaways caused a fundamental reorganisation of ocean currents, heat transport and initiated a strong Antarctic surface water cooling of 5 °C./en/news/plate-tectonics-cooling-antarctica
- Frits Hilgen wins prestigious Antonio Feltrinelli awardThe Antonio Feltrinelli prize reserved for Geosciences 2021 has been awarded to Frits Hilgen, associate professor of Geosciences at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ./en/news/frits-hilgen-wins-prestigious-antonio-feltrinelli-award
- Jelle Reumer chair of the Life Sciences and Society FoundationJelle Reumer has been appointed by NWO as chair of the Life Sciences and Society Foundation (Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij)/en/news/jelle-reumer-chair-of-the-life-sciences-and-society-foundation
- Sea butterflies, the unsung heroes in the climate crisisThe sea butterfly is very sensitive to climate change. As CO2 in the atmosphere increases, it causes acidification of the oceans. The sea butterfly's shell has to take the first hit./en/news/sea-butterflies-the-unsung-heroes-in-the-climate-crisis
- Just another day at the office - Sail along with our researchers on the Atlantic 2Curious about the daily activities of a scientist during his or her fieldwork? In this blog, we follow two of our scientists during their BEYΩND expedition on the research vessel Pelagia./en/news/just-another-day-at-the-office-sail-along-with-our-researchers-on-the-atlantic-2
- Four Utrecht research projects receive EU fundingFour scientists from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ receive EU funding for projects that contribute to finding solutions to social issues across Europe./en/news/four-utrecht-research-projects-receive-eu-funding
- Just another day at the office - Sail along with our researchers on the AtlanticCurious about the daily activities of a scientist during his or her fieldwork? In this blog, we follow two of our scientists during their BEYΩND expedition on the research vessel Pelagia./en/news/just-another-day-at-the-office-sail-along-with-our-researchers-on-the-atlantic
- New evidence that global warming disrupts water cycleNew climate research provides first hint that climate change was able to disrupt the water cycle in the distant past – possibly even influencing ocean currents./en/news/new-evidence-that-global-warming-disrupts-water-cycle
- Master Thesis Award competitionA report on the Master Thesis competition the focus area Migration and Societal Change hosted./en/news/master-thesis-award-competition
- Cause of puzzling tsunami near Sulawesi unraveledThe key question was whether the tsunami occurred because of the earthquake itself, or because of the consequences of that earthquake, such as undersea landslides./en/news/cause-of-puzzling-tsunami-near-sulawesi-unraveled
- Key role for ocean ecosystems in removing CO2New study by UU and NESSC researchers underlines important role of surface region of the ocean in dissolving calcium carbonates/en/news/key-role-for-ocean-ecosystems-in-removing-co2
- Mountains of the future: the collision of India, Somalia and MadagascarAround 200 million years in the future Somalia, Madagascar and India will collide with each other, thereby creating the Somalaya Mountains./en/news/mountains-of-the-future-the-collision-of-india-somalia-and-madagascar
- The underlying cause of plate tectonics?Mantle plumes might explain how a mosaic of tectonic plates was once formed./en/news/the-underlying-cause-of-plate-tectonics
- Disaster in largest lake everThe megalake fauna, which included dwarf whales and dolphins, evolved and thrived initially but were later nearly obliterated/en/news/disaster-in-largest-lake-ever
- Revision of dinosaur fossil: "You can do a lot more with a skeleton with today’s knowledge"Paleontologists revised the description a Patagosaurus fossil that was discovered in the 1970s. What were they able to research now, that wasn't possible before?/en/news/revision-of-dinosaur-fossil-you-can-do-a-lot-more-with-a-skeleton-with-todays-knowledge
- Walk the dinosaur! New biomechanical model shows T. rex in a swinging gaitResearchers from the Netherlands have created a new approach to envision how dinosaurs walked./en/news/walk-the-dinosaur-new-biomechanical-model-shows-t-rex-in-a-swinging-gait
- Deep Atlantic Ocean used to be 20 °C in past ‘greenhouse climate’The deep Atlantic Ocean used to have a temperature of about 20 degrees Celsius, according to a study by Martin Ziegler./en/news/deep-atlantic-ocean-used-to-be-20-degc-in-past-greenhouse-climate
- Tiny Toothed Terrors tell Temporal Tales of Tasting Tempting TreatsExtreme adaptability to new diets likely has been a key factor in the longevity of the group/en/news/tiny-toothed-terrors-tell-temporal-tales-of-tasting-tempting-treats