Her aim is to uncover how the loss of Arctic sea ice impacts melting of surrounding glaciers. Specifically, she will look at the effects of the rapid loss of sea ice in the Last Ice Area, which ...

A groundbreaking study has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in Europe’s most seismically active regions.

The study is the first publication based on data collected in the long-term Utrecht University Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (UU BioCliVE).

The project will make a substantive contribution to the current scholarly debate on colonial legacies and their present-day impact.

A tree reacts differently to a drought than grass does, and a tree in Norway reacts differently than a tree in the Netherlands.” ...

M-grants offer researchers the possibility to elaborate creative and risky ideas and to realise scientific innovations.

A new report published in The Lancet issues a fresh clarion call: plastic pollution is a grave and growing danger to human and planetary health.

The Department of Earth Sciences Utrecht studies a large spectrum of topics concerning the solid Earth, its hydrosphere, its biosphere and its atmosphere.

At the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance of the Utrecht University, the 3 disciplines are tightly bonded in a high-level exchange of knowledge.

The Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL) of Utrecht University does research in the area of water law, oceans law, environmental law, climate law and sustainability law.

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies plays an active role in several university-wide, national, and international research and educational consortiums — in addition to housing the ...

The Department of Mathematics: world-class research, education and iinovation and improvement of science education.