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NESSC-research: climate SE Africa increasingly wetter
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The climate in southeastern Africa turned progressively more wet the past 1.3 million years, in contrast to the general idea that the African continent only became drier over time.
/ read moreUrbino 2016: Summer school’s out
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After two weeks, the 2016 Urbino Summer School for Paleoclimatology (USSP) reached its end. NESSC-researcher Shaun Akse blogs from Urbino about the final days of this year’s summer school: For
/ read moreUrbino 2016: Caves and Cioppino conference
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It’s already the second week for the 2016 Urbino Summer School for Paleoclimatology. NESSC-researcher Shaun Akse blogs: Palazzo Ducale in Urbino (photo: Shaun Akse) At day twelve
/ read moreAppy Sluijs awarded the James B. Macelwane Medal
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NESSC-colleague Appy Sluijs, professor of Paleoceanography at Utrecht University, has been awarded the James B. Macelwane medal by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The medal is given annually to
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