Antarctica has been experiencing more extreme warm weather. These changes affect global climate systems, and make it harder to carry out our science.

The Anthropocene's enormous consequences are of long-term nature, the slow pace of recovery currently under-appreciated among the public The smallest unavoidable residual emissions (e.g., from fo...

Stream chemistry and ecosystem function are being transformed by abrupt acceleration of sulfide-mineral oxidation in permafrost-underlain headwater catchments of the Yukon and Mackenzie river basins—t...

Nature - Integrated palaeontological, sedimentological and geochemical analyses of ancient rocks from Australia show that early eukaryotes were largely restricted to oxygenated benthic habitats,...

Reactive iron oxides (FeR), often termed the “rusty sink” of organic carbon (OC), has been well studied in estuarine settings but remains poorly constrained in deep-sea sediments. Here, we investigate...

Francien Peterse will receive the John Hayes Award, given to a mid-career scientist for outstanding accomplishments that draw together multiple fields of investigation to advance biogeochemical scienc...

OPINIE - De nieuwe strategie van de Radboud Universiteit ontvouwt zich als een gedurfde visie die de traditionele bescheidenheid van zich afschudt, schrijft hoogleraar microbiologie Mike Jetten. Maar ...

Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.

The oceans play the dual role of carbon sinks and greenhouse gases (GHGs) sources in global climate change, but there are still gaps in understanding the GHG fluxes and regulation mechanisms across e...

Cell size shapes how organisms interact with their environment, yet our understanding of these effects remains fragmented. We synthesise these effects into a Theory of Optimal Cell Size (TOCS), predic...

Abstract. Since the discovery of cable bacteria more than a decade ago, these multicellular, filamentous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria have been found in a range of sedimentary environments. However, thei...

Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

Experiments suggest aerotolerant archaea produce methane in the surface layers of coastal sandy sediments and that this activity is driven by seaweed and seagrass metabolites.

Methods to enhance the ocean’s uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂) are being explored to help tackle the climate crisis. However, some of these approaches could significantly exacerbate ocean deoxygenation...

Andrea Sella explains how inaction over Elon Musk's membership motivated him to act

Eine 38-jährige Schweizer Staatsbürgerin wollte ihren Geburtstag in New York feiern – stattdessen wurden ihre E-Mails und Social-Media-Accounts durchsucht und sie 24 Stunden lang inhaftiert.

Atmospheric reanalyses combined with ocean observations and model simulations show that the extreme 2023 North Atlantic heatwave was primarily driven by anomalously weak winds leading to strongly shoa...

From a purely geological perspective, the scientific case for the Anthropocene as a geological epoch is stronger than that for the Holocene If the logic to reject the Anthropocene as an epoch wer...

Applying World Heritage status to highly valuable environmental records would spotlight the vital insights they provide into how Earth is changing and would ensure their longevity and accessibility.

Het werkveld waarin de VU-aardwetenschappers vaak komen te werken waarschuwt dat de gevolgen van de voorgenomen bezuiniging niet te overzien zijn.

Reoxygenation approaches have shown some success in lakes, but their potential risks must be examined carefully before they’re implemented as solutions to improve the health of coastal waters.

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Microbial life has dominated Earth’s history but left a sparse fossil record, greatly hindering our understanding of evolution in deep time. However, bacterial metabolism has left signatures in the ge...

The Cabinet’s controversial education budget, with 1.2 billion euros in cuts to higher education and research, was approved on Tuesday by a majority of politicians serving in the Eerste Kamer, the Dut...

Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’

Aardwetenschappen zal als afdeling worden opgeheven. Onderdelen worden ondergebracht bij andere afdelingen. Er worden 37 medewerkers ontslagen.  Dat heeft het bestuur van de bètafaculteit samen met he...

Education minister Eppo Bruins is launching a special fund in an effort to “welcome” several dozen top academics to the Netherlands. The minister has asked the Dutch organisation for scientific resear...