News from the IMAU: new staf member, succesful potluck dinner, new career path story and more.
On January 10th, IMAU employees kicked off the new year with a potluck dinner in Utrecht University's hideout The Vagant. Many colleagues showed up and everybody brought food. |
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Despite the winter chill of last December, I’ve been warmly welcomed as assistant professor into a new family at IMAU. Here, I’m surrounded by climate specialists and fellow ice enthusiasts. |
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Buys Ballot Medal awarded to Sandrine Bony |
On 21 November 2023, KNAW president Marleen Dogterom presented the Buys Ballot Medal to Sandrine Bony, for her groundbreaking research into clouds and their role in our changing climate. The medal is awarded only once every five years. |
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Potential collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Circulation strongly affects European climate |
Using a complex climate model, researchers from Utrecht University have simulated the collapse of the large-scale ocean circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Destabilising interactions in the climate system: How tipping elements interact |
Beyond 2°C of global warming, the risk of one climate tipping element triggering other tipping elements in the Earth’s climate system strongly increases. |
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Largest ever study on tipping points presented at COP28 |
The report shows that crucial tipping points in the Earth's climate system are getting closer. Several IMAU climate scientists contributed. |
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The geologic history of the position of the Southern Ocean subtropical front |
A reconstruction of the position of the subtropical front back in time, for the past 23 million years
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Working for Rijkswaterstaat
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We are very interested in the careers of our former master students. In this edition Marc Philippart tells us about the choices he has made.
'It is a great job, acting as coordinator between the forecasters/users, the developer Deltares and the ICT people at Rijkswaterstaat.' |
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IMAU scientists in the media |
The successful simulation of the collapse of the large-scale ocean circulation in the Atlantic Ocean received a lot of media attention. Check the overview of media appearances from our scientists. Most articles are in Dutch, but quite a few are in English.
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