News overviewLennart de Nooijer wins International Paul Brönnimann Award
Biogeologist Lennart de Nooijer is given the Paul Brönnimann Award for his fundamental research on the formation of chalk by foraminifers.
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Methane emissions reduced by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss worldwide
Methane ‘eating’ bacteria that live in symbiosis with peat-moss occur worldwide.
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Darwin Center for Biogeosciences starts five new research programsTopics being addressed in the new projects include greenhouse gas emissions in permafrost areas, the role of micro-organisms in the carbon cycle and anoxic conditions in coastal areas.
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National facility for isotope and element analysis of natural materials
Jack Middelburg and Gert-Jan Reichart have been awarded a ‘NWO-Groot’ grant of 3,403,000 euros to purchase a national facility. |
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Major CO2 perturbation experiment in the Arctic Ocean
A group of 35 researchers of the EU-funded EPOCA project have just started the first major CO
2 perturbation experiment in the Arctic Ocean. |
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Workshop on C/H2O/energy balance in boreal and arctic regions
Katey Walter, expert on methane-emission in the Siberian Tundra, will be keynote speaker at this fith Annual workshop.
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Appy Sluijs wins Vening Meinesz prize
Dr. Appy Sluijs, Darwin Center researcher and working for Utrecht University, has won the NWO-Vening Meinesz prize.
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Shrubs are cool! They protect permafrost against climate change
Daan Blok and his colleagues found out that tundra shrubs can reduce the thawing of permafrost caused by climate change.
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> More newsUpcoming events13 - 24 September 2010 |
ECORD Summer school BremenDynamics of Past Climate Changes |
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16 September 2010 |
Mini-symposium on extreme global warming during the PaleogeneFrom 2.00 - 6.30 p.m. in Minnaertbuilding (Vide), Leuvenlaan 4, 3584 CE, Utrecht (Uithof). More information
17 September 2010 |
PhD defense ceremony Lucy StapPalaeoceanographic and biotic response during early Eocene extreme global warming events (2.30 p.m., Academiegebouw, Domplein 29, Utrecht)
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