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Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from forest fires have risen by 60% globally since 2001 and almost tripled in parts of the northern boreal forests, according to a new study, co-authored by VU climate scientist Sander Veraverbeke. The study, led by the University of East Anglia, was published in Science .

In 2021 off all peer reviewed scientific articles at the UvA, 79 percent was published in open access or made freely available through the repository. This is a growth of almost 8 percentage point compared to 2020. Each year in October the Dutch universities are reporting , via the Universiteiten Nederland , the percentage open access peer reviewed articles for the year before to the minister of OCW.