On barrier islands birds probably play an important but underexposed role in shaping the landscape. Earth scientist Floris van Rees discovered how plant species that retain sand better benefit from bird droppings. That in turn is beneficial for dune formation. #EGU
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Hoe maak je goede afbeeldingen van dino's? ‘Je moet met een grote boog om generatieve AI heenlopen’, waarschuwt paleontoloog Anne Schulp. ‘Als je serieus aan de slag wil, moet je dit overlaten aan bonafide paleokunstenaars die gevoed zijn door kennis van zaken.’
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Moving boulders and gullies that look suspiciously like rivers, not on Earth but on Mars! For years scientists have wondered about this; is this evidence of water on Mars? Earth scientist @lonnekeroelofs.bsky.social discovered that CO2 plays a pivotal role.
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The origin of life is one of the greatest unsolved puzzles in science. Dutch national research consortium PRELIFE tries to solve this puzzle, but it also explicitly seeks to connect with society. Come and visit the exhibition "Once upon a time... Planet Earth"! www.uu.nl/en/news/prel...
Kaartenhuis
Klimaatverandering: moeten en kunnen wij ons aanpassen? Vanaf 2 februari is er een nieuwe serie lezingen bij Studium Generale over hoe alles piept en kraakt onder de klimaatcrisis, met oa @marjolijnhaasnoot.bsky.social en Marc Bierkens @waterbier.bsky.social www.sg.uu.nl/series/gewoo...
Westerscheldenatuur loopt vast door decennia baggeren. Slikken, platen en geulen maken plaats voor een eentoniger, in toenemende mate begroeid gebied. 'Zet baggerslib strategisch in voor natuurontwikkeling en klimaatadaptatie' www.uu.nl/nieuws/weste... @niozsearesearch.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be
Dutch public understanding of irregular #migration: report by Laurence Lessard-Phillips @birminghamschool.bsky.social , Minke Hajer and @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social highlights how political narratives and media coverage shape public attitudes far more than actual evidence www.uu.nl/en/news/new-...
Portrait of Christiaan Brunings against a background of a Metronome experiment
Join us for the 11th edition of the Brunings Lecture on
Thursday January 22. Where scientists, practitioners and managers of rivers and estuaries meet. More info and registration: bruningslecture.nl
After a long process that took almost 13 years, I'm very happy that we submitted the first paper of Kalijn Peters' work on the Pinarbasi ophiolite of Turkey! There's more coming up, but this one's submitted, to Tektonika. Preprint below! @uugeo.bsky.social
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De onduidelijkheid rondom Moerdijk: Met het Oog op Morgen sprak erover met onze planoloog Patrick Witte www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n... Ook vanavond komt hij aan het woord over deze kwestie, bij nieuws.nos.nl
De uitzending bleek uitgesteld te zijn, maar nu alsnog te zien op nos.nl/nieuwsuur/vi...
I had a great time talking to Nick Zentner about our latest ideas on plate tectonic reconstructions based on Caribbean and Californian geology. Check out our conversation on his Youtube channel!
@uugeo.bsky.social #geology #geoscience #earthscience
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Fragment uit oude topografische kaart
I.v.m. overstromingsgevaar van de Maas telt het Belgisch-Limburgse gehucht Herbricht, gelegen in de winterbedding, nog maar 2 inwoners. @nieuwsuur.nl sprak over de Grensmaas met onze hoogleraar Maarten Kleinhans. Uitzending: zaterdag 15 november, 21:30, NPO2.
It's a phenomenon never seen before. Under normal conditions it doesn't even occur on Earth: the carving of gullies by CO2 ice blocks. Earth scientist @lonnekeroelofs.bsky.social proved that this may explain the formation of dune gullies on Mars www.uu.nl/en/news/myst... @astrobiologyou.bsky.social
Kom op zondag 5 oktober naar het Utrecht Science Park! Kan een rivier naar de rechter? Bouw met lego je eigen droomtuin! En hoe maak je olifantentandpasta? Ontdek dit en nog veel meer tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap, voor families met kinderen tussen de 8-12 jaar.
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Om huizen te verwarmen moet je de verbranding van #biomassa niet stimuleren, stelt Martin Junginger in @ad.nl. „Een warmtepomp is veel zinniger.” Een open haard is sowieso totaal niet efficiënt. „Daarmee creëer je een enorme hoop fijnstof, puur voor de lol." www.ad.nl/wonen/hoe-sl...
We are proud to announce that UU Associate Professor Niko Wanders has been selected to receive the @agu.org James B. Macelwane Medal.
Read more: www.uu.nl/en/news/niko...
#AGU25
A well-deserved recognition for his contribution to our knowledge of the history of Atlantic-Mediterranean-Black Sea exchange and its broader implications for Earth system evolution - congratulations Wout Krijgsman ! www.uu.nl/en/news/wout... @AGU.org #AGU25
Kom vrijdag naar het Betweter Festival, je jaarlijkse dosis wetenschap en kunst in TivoliVredenburg! Het is tevens de aftrap voor de Utrecht Science Week. Met oa onze Koen Beumer over 'de-extinctie': moeten we uitgestorven dieren eigenlijk wel tot leven wekken? www.betweterfestival.nl
Wouldn't it be nice if we could form estuaries in the lab, a 1000 times smaller and faster than in reality? Check out our latest video on the Metronome, our tidal facility that enables river and coastal researchers to explore and better understand these landscapes www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WC8...
Congratulations, Tanja!
I had to wait for 1.5 months to be allowed to pin this to my office door at #NIOZ. The @erc.europa.eu #ERCStG results for 2025 are out and my name is on the list, meaning I got one of the most prestigious grants in #EuropeanAcademia to study nitrogen cycle in 🧽 at @marumunibremen.bsky.social in 🇩🇪.
Virtualization of electrical substations: the next step for our power systems’ backbone. "It makes the system more flexible, efficient, and easier to update or scale as needed. It also contributes to reducing costs." Read all about Nadine Kabbara's PhD thesis: www.uu.nl/en/news/virt...
Charging electric vehicles
Smart charging of electric vehicles presents a potential way to deal with #grid #congestion, says PhD student Nico Brinkel. “But then grid operators and car manufacturers should put their shoulders to the wheel.” www.uu.nl/en/news/smar... #EV #V2G
Customer selecting clothing in a shop
Can the Netherlands remain a frontrunner in the circular economy if the jobs it creates are still precarious? For Dutch circular fashion jobs are still insecure and low-paid, research by PhD student Lis Suarez Visbal shows www.uu.nl/en/news/dutc...
Researchers from UU found a bias in how 'fair share' carbon budget targets were calculated until now: "previous studies tend to reward the inaction of high emitting countries at the expense of the most vulnerable ones," states @yannrdp.bsky.social.
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The 6.0 quake in Afghanistan of this morning occurred on a shallow thrust fault, within the pile of tectonic fragments that is the Pamir-Hindu Kush mountain belt. Basically, the western part of the Tibetan Plateau 1/n
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Marco van Egmond, conservator kaarten en atlassen bij de Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht
Mercator or Equal Earth? Our alumnus Marco van Egmond, curator of maps and atlases at the university library, explained in various media outlets (in Dutch) how the Mercator projection affects our perception of reality and how all projections are by definition a compromise www.uu.nl/en/news/the-...
Climate policy is more urgent than ever, and we will continue to work tirelessly to underpin its scientific basis. Now the @ipcc.bsky.social has announced the authors selected for the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). 3 of our scientists have been selected as a Lead Author! www.uu.nl/en/news/thre...
2/2 Meer weten over ons Stabiele Isotopen Lab? Bekijk dan onze film op www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZA6...
