The Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics group of the Department of Earth Sciences and Ecology at VU University Amsterdam (department chair: prof. dr. Han Dolman) has a PhD position available in understanding
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Jonge Utrechtse wetenschappers vertelden vandaag persoonlijk aan minister Jet Bussemaker van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap over hun werk binnen hun Zwaartekrachtprogramma’s, waaronder ook NESSC. Voorafgaand aan haar lezing op de
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2014 was a year of many records, according to a new report of the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the American Meteorological Society. Ocean surface temperatures were
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