Ice caps in Greenland have lost their natural capacity to contain and refreeze meltwater. This mechanism of ice caps to remain stable broke down around 1997, when the snow
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NESSC-research: Tropical ocean as hot as jacuzzi
The tropical ocean became as hot as a jacuzzi during an abrupt warming period, 56 million years ago, NESSC-research published this week in Science Advances shows. The study also suggests
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Tropical mountains could experience greater warming by climate change than climate models currently predict, a new temperature reconstruction on Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest peak, suggests. For their work, the
/ read moreAppy Sluijs rewarded with Ammodo KNAW Award
NESSC-researcher Appy Sluijs is one of the eight winners of the Ammodo KNAW award 2017. Sluijs receives 300.000 euro for his climate research to be used over the coming
/ read moreNESSC Christmas Lecture 2016
On Sunday December 18th, the annual NESSC Christmas lecture takes place. In this year’s lecture NESSC-researcher prof. dr. Rien Aerts, professor of Systems Ecology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, will
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