Anna von der Heydt appointed Professor of Paleoclimate Dynamics |
What can the past teach us about the future? Anna von der Heydt, newly appointed Professor of Paleoclimate Dynamics at Utrecht University, uses climate models to explore that question.
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New 'FirnMelt' team receives major ERC Synergy Grant |
The project studies how the Greenland ice sheet responds to shrinking top layer “sponge”. Michiel van den Broeke from IMAU, Utrecht University, is one of the four projectleaders.
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Parcels celebrated its 10-Year anniversary!
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| To highlight this milestone, we organized a workshop-conference-hackathon-party. The goal of the event was to showcase how Parcels is used by different researchers, and learn from each other. |
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| | Working at Weather Impact |
We are very interested in the careers of our former Climate Physics master students. In this edition Lorenzo Ocelli tells us about the choices he has made.
'My project focused on the rainy season in Ghana, and it immediately sparked my enthusiasm for combining meteorology, real-world applications, and a touch of exotic flair.'
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West Antarctic meltwater could stabilise Atlantic Ocean Circulation |
The study demonstrates how freshwater from the south can slow down the weakening of this crucial ocean current.
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Deep emission cuts before mid-century decisive to reduce long-term sea-level rise legacy |
| The study goes beyond the usual sea level projections by quantifying how much sea-level rise in 2300 will be “locked in” by emissions this century. |
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Lu Zhou receives Veni and Netherlands Polar Programme grant |
With the Veni grant she will create the first large-scale snow depth maps over Antarctic sea ice using satellite data, field observations, and machine learning.
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Her aim with the NPP grant is to uncover how the loss of Arctic sea ice impacts melting of surrounding glaciers.
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New Global Tipping Points Report published |
IMAU researchers played an important role in the case study of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the Subpolar Gyre, ocean systems that strongly influence how heat is distributed across the planet.
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How reliable are climate models? |
| Utrecht climate scientists Roderik van de Wal and Michiel Baatsen explain both the strengths and the uncertainties of these powerful tools. |
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IMAU scientists in the media |
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The 2025 Climate Physics Excursion to Southern France |
| In the final week of the summer holidays, twelve MSc students and IMAU assistant professor Lu Zhou explored the mountains, cities, universities, and beaches of Grenoble and Montpellier during the yearly Climate Physics excursion. |
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