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Climate change is not leaving rich countries untouched. Researchers from Utrecht University have mapped what will happen to the Netherlands at two and at five metres of sea level rise if we only maintain the current water management system and do not take additional measures.

Dutch universities published 82% of their peer-reviewed scientific publications Open Access in 2021.

Grant allows international team to investigate a fundamental feature of animal cells Cell biologist and Utrecht University-professor Anna Akhmanova is part of an international research team that has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant.

Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University of Edinburgh) received an ERC Synergy grant of 10 million euros with their project RESILIENCE. The researchers will investigate whether and how tipping points in ecosystems can be prevented or evaded by spatial processes and the formation of spatial patterns.

The orca that stranded and eventually died near Cadzand last Saturday had severe gum inflammation. The female also had inflammation in several internal organs and had not eaten for some time.

In June 2021, Pride Month, the longest rainbow bike path in the world was realised in the Utrecht Science Park.

The Global Education Lab flagship at UGlobe partners with societal partners from around the world to address inequalities in education globally. Four sub-projects provide an update on their activities.

An unprecedented decline in mental health took place among girls in the Netherlands between 2017 and 2021.

The vast majority of animal experiments involving joint cartilage repair in scientific journals is incompletely reported.

As of 1 September, Utrecht University has a new research institute: the Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry.

The CoastSnap project asks random beachgoers to take pictures of the Dutch coast. Those 'snaps' are used by Utrecht geoscientists to find out how the coastline is changing.

The relatively new Science for Sustainability community at Utrecht University has funded four brand-new PhD positions.