While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite wiping out the dinosaurs impacted.
Alissa Kotowski and Lennart de Groot, both teachers in Earth Sciences, are the lucky winners of the Geo Teacher Awards 2025. On Wednesday 11 December, both received this prize.
This year, seven Utrecht researchers will receive an ERC Consolidator Grant of approximately 2 million euros each. The European Union provides these grants support excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage where they may still be consolidating their own independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas.
An international research team, with researchers from Utrecht University, University College London and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, unraveled an unusual extraction mechanism for lithium using iron oxides.
On November 5th scientists, students, industry leaders and policy makers gathered to explore the challenges, feasibility and ethical aspects of marine Carbon Dioxide Removal.
Two research projects at Utrecht University receive funding from the NWO's Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences through the Open Technology Programme.
At first glance birds may not seem good runners. An international team led by researchers from Utrecht University and Naturalis have discovered why birds use this running style.
According 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.