- Estuaries around the world expected to become saltier in the coming decades https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/estuaries-around-the-world-expected-to-become-saltier-in-the-coming-decades 4 comments science
- In Earth’s mantle there are two huge ‘islands’ with the size of a continent. These regions are hotter than the surrounding cold sunken tectonic plates, and that they are ancient: at least half a billion years old. These observations contradict the idea of a well-mixed and fast flowing Earth’s mantle https://www.uu.nl/en/news/subterranean-islands-strongholds-in-a-potentially-less-turbulent-world 11 comments science
- Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs https://www.uu.nl/en/news/massive-volcanic-eruptions-did-not-cause-the-extinction-of-dinosaurs 38 comments science
- Study finds that, despite strict EU regulations on plastic recycling, there is little oversight on plastic waste shipped from the EU to Vietnam, which ends up in nature https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-large-percentage-of-european-plastic-sent-to-vietnam-ends-up-in-nature 3 comments europe
- Geologists have discovered the fragments of a microcontinent (Argoland) that must have broken off northwestern Australia in the Late Jurassic (∼160 Ma) and drifted north towards SE Asia. Those fragments now underlie Myanmar and Indonesia. https://www.uu.nl/en/news/finding-argoland-how-a-lost-continent-resurfaced 3 comments science
- The Pontus Plate - A massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean has been reconstructed. Its existence was predicted over 10 years ago based on fragments of old tectonic plates found deep in the Earth’s mantle. https://www.uu.nl/en/news/plate-tectonic-surprise-utrecht-geologist-unexpectedly-finds-remnants-of-a-lost-mega-plate 34 comments science
- Geologists have found the first direct proof of the largest known mega-flood that ever occurred on earth, ending what is known as the ‘Messinian Salinity Crisis’ https://www.uu.nl/en/news/first-direct-proof-of-mega-flood-in-mediterranean-sea-region 167 comments science
- Geologists discover proof that the Moon was closer, Earth's day was shorter 2.5 billion years ago https://www.uu.nl/en/news/distance-to-the-moon 568 comments space
- Birds share food with less fortunate conspecifics - Not only people show sympathy, also birds seem to care about the fate of conspecifics. They notice how much food the others already have and then share theirs with individuals that were not given any. https://www.uu.nl/en/news/birds-share-food-with-less-fortunate-conspecifics 29 comments science
- A lost continent has been found under Europe. It's the size of Greenland and it broke off from North Africa, only to be buried under Southern Europe about 140 million years ago. https://www.uu.nl/en/news/mountain-range-formation-and-plate-tectonics-in-the-mediterranean-region-integrally-studied-for-the 1568 comments science
- Glycoscientists make human breast milk sugars to better understand their role in a baby's health https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-on-active-substances-in-breast-milk-can-begin 3 comments science