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When discussing sea-level rise, attention typically centres on the increase in annual average sea level, but in many regions, seasonal fluctuations in sea level are also expected to intensify.

The research by PhD candidate Jelle Soons shows that a dam in the Bering Strait might be able to prevent the AMOC, a large-scale ocean current, from stalling.

According to the researchers, this raises concerns about their potential, yet poorly understood, effects on human health and the climate.

From Utrecht University, Lu Zhou and Henk Dijkstra are working on the research projects.

In the Master’s programme Climate Physics at Utrecht University, education and research are deeply intertwined

Nieuwsartikel over de educatieve samenwerking tussen het Centrum voor Wetenschap en Cultuur en Het Filiaal Theatermakers, rondom Utrechts diepzeeonderzoek.

To celebrate this milestone, a workshop-conference-hackathon-party was organized. The goal of the event was to showcase how Parcels is used by different researchers, and learn from each other.

"Previously, I helped set up several operational weather services disseminated via SMS in Zimbabwe, Mali, Tanzania, and Kenya."

In the final week of the summer holidays, twelve MSc students and IMAU assistant professor Lu Zhou explored Grenoble and Montpellier during the yearly Climate Physics excursion.

The study, published on 14 November in Science Advances, demonstrates how freshwater from the south can slow down the weakening of this crucial ocean current.