Working for the Red Cross, less plastic in the ocean, the Climate Physics student excursion 2023 and more.
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The 2023/2024 academic year has started! We welcomed 21 new Climate Physics master students and three (re-)new(ed) courses. In this newsletter, we also look back. Climate Physics students visited Venice and Austria, and you can read a report of this excursion in this newsletter.
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Climate Physics student excursion 2023 |
The destinations of this year’s excursion were Venice and Austria. The expectations were high, as we had been invited to the Italian Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) and the beautiful Sonnblick observatory in Austria.
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Climate scientists insist on governmental action |
| "Embrace the wealth of climate knowledge: delaying incurs greater costs." This is the resounding message conveyed by a dozen distinguished Dutch climate scientists in an open letter addressed to the government. |
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Science and citizens collaborate to understand natural methane removal |
| The goal is to further investigate a natural process in which the combination of Saharan dust and sea salt spray removes methane from the atmosphere. |
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Much potential to reduce methane emissions European energy industry |
| This has been demonstrated by a team of scientists led by Professor Thomas Röckmann from Utrecht University. |
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Less plastic in the ocean and easier to clean up |
| This new insight results from calculations with a computer model that includes a record number of measurements and observations of plastic in the ocean. |
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Fifty years of Cabauw data
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The Cabauw tower operated by KNMI, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Generations of IMAU researchers have been using this facility.
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Working for the Red Cross
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'I realized that people like me could find a place in the humanitarian sector.'
We are very interested in the careers of our former (PhD) students and Postdocs. In this edition Daniele Castellana tells us about the choices he has made. |
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IMAU scientists in the media |
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