PhD Candidate: Caitlyn Witkowski Defence date: 17-01-2020 Time: 12:45 Institute: Utrecht University Location: University Hall (Academiegebouw), Domplein 29, Utrecht Reconstructing past atmospheric CO2 levels to better understand climate change PhD-researcher Caitlyn Witkowski (NIOZ) developed a
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PhD defence: Elements in foraminiferal shells as recorders of past climates
PhD Candidate: Esmee Geerken Defence date: 13-12-2019 Time: 12:45 Institute: Utrecht University Location: University Hall (Academiegebouw), Domplein 29, Utrecht Reconstructing climate change with fossil shells NESSC-researcher Esmee Geerken (NIOZ) studied for her PhD the influence
/ read more500 million years long history of CO2 revealed
NESSC-scientists have reconstructed the history of varying CO2-concentrations for a record 500 million years. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University recovered the ancient
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A breakthrough in the methodology of climate temperature reconstruction based on microbial molecular fossils advances the development of a paleothermometer for reconstructing past temperatures on land. NESSC-researcher Jaap Sinninghe
/ read moreStefan Schouten awarded Alfred Treibs Award
NESSC researcher Stefan Schouten (NIOZ/Utrecht University) has been granted the 2018 Alfred Treibs Award, a prestigious prize of the Geochemical Society. Schouten is given the award for his ‘unique
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