Utrecht University has appointed Suzanne McGowan as Professor of Aquatic Ecosystem Dynamics. McGowan aims to uncover how have water ecosystems been functioning, and how major changes on our planet affect this.
Because of declining concentrations of tritium the conventional way of studying underground flows of water is at risk of becoming useless. A group of researchers including scientists from Utrecht University worked out just how long the old tritium method will still be useful across the world.
The period that liquid water was present on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought. That is the conclusion of a new study by Lonneke Roelofs, a planetary researcher at Utrecht University.
Utrecht University aspires to be an international university, in part through cooperation with partner universities. One example is the strategic partnership with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS).