In climate, CO2 plays an important role. The gas enhances the greenhouse effect, and therefore causes extra global warming. But what are the long-term consequences of an increasing CO2
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Interviews
Understanding past global warming events
Extraordinary moments in climate history are interesting to explore; you could come across useful information for our current situation. NESSC researcher Cindy Schrader is investigating temperature peaks called hyperthermals dating 50 million
/ read moreCreating a model to predict how ice sheets will melt
Want to know what the melting process of the Greenland ice sheet would look like? You should dive into the past. A model that can reliably reconstruct the past,
/ read moreDrilling in the tropics
NESSC research has an extensive range, from the freezing poles to the heat of the African tropics. PhD candidate Loes van Bree’s research involves her comparing the current global
/ read moreIn between ice ages
Dr. Sarah Bradley from Utrecht University studies the history and behaviour of ice sheets over the last interglacial, the period in between two ice ages. “This was a period
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