In a number of vlogs, weather forecaster and climate scientist Dr. Peter Kuipers Munneke tells you about the science behind autumn weather, from rainbow to lightning bolt.
The international effort ISMIP6, led by NASA and with several participating researchers from Utrecht University, have published new results in The Cryosphere
The Pine Island Glacier and the Thwaites Glacier on West-Antarctica have been undergoing rapid changes, with potentially major consequences for rising sea levels.
During the Opening of the Academic Year 2020-2021, Utrecht University will award two honorary doctorates, to Valerie Masson-Delmotte and Hirokazu Yoshikawa.
Melting ice shelves do not directly impact sea levels, but their disappearance may cause land-based ice to flow into the sea, causing sea levels to rise.