Kevin De Bondt PhD on optimized new methods for urban water management
Kevin De Bondt obtained on September 21, 2018 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the doctoral thesis "The forgotten connections between groundwater and urban water management policies: Stable isotope and the Urban Hydrological Landscape applied to Brussels". Thesis adviso...
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VUB researcher solves Stonehenge mystery
Christophe Snoeck's paper on " Strontium isotope analysis on cremated human remains from Stonehenge support links with west Wales " that was published in Nature Scientific Reports is seen as a breaktrough in developing insights on the Stonehenge mystery. His research...
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Workshop: Cyclostratigraphy Intercomparison Project
AMGC ORGANIZES THE CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT 2018 WORKSHOP IN BRUSSELS From July 30 till August 01, 2018 the AMGC research group will organize the Cyclostratigraphy Intercomparison Project 2018 Workshop in the ‘Paleis de Academiën” in Brussels. The main goal of...
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Seminar: “A petrographic approach to understanding impact processes”
BY LIDIA PITTARELLO
Meteorite impact cratering is generally investigated through observations, experiments, and numerical modeling. These three approaches can succeed only by mutual cooperation.
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Rapid recovery of life within the Chicxulub crater after the K/Pg mass extinction
The paper " Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction " is in collaboration with many international science researchers including Prof. Dr.
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Stef Vansteenberge PhD on recent paleoclimate reconstruction using speleothems
Stef Vansteenberge obtained on May 25 2018 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: Reconstruction of last interglacial & last glacial inception paleoclimate using Belgian speleothems. Promotor: Prof. Dr. Philippe Claeys
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Tara Vandermarken PhD on Calux Bioassay to detect estrogens
Tara Vandermarken obtained on May 25, 2018 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: "Development of estrogens in the environment and in food packaging materials". PhD advisors Marc Elskens.
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Seminar: “ET-Home: Evolution and Tracers of Habitability on Mars and the Earth”
BY STEVEN GODERIS
This proposal documents habitability on the early Earth and at the surface of Mars in the past and the present. Habitability is commonly understood as “the potential of an environment (past or present) to support life of any kind”.
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Seminar: CRUMBEL: Cremations, Urns and Mobility; Ancient population dynamics in Belgium
BY CHRISTOPHE SNOECK The CRUMBEL project (Cremation, Urns and Mobility; ancient population dynamics in BELgium) proposes to study the important collections of cremated bone found in Belgium dating from the Neolithic to the Early-Medieval period.
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Seminar: “Modern versus ancient controls on sedimentary systems; the present is not always the key to the past”
BY POPPE L. DE BOER
The concept of uniformitarianism dates back to the late 18th century. The idea is that physical and chemical laws have not changed, and that also in the distant geological past sedimentary processes have acted as they do today.
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Micrometeorites from Antarctica
AMGC’ers Steven Goderis and Matthias Van Ginnenken brought back more than 100 kg of material full of micrometeorite, their successful expedition is reported in De Standaard De Morgen RTL/info
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Seminar: “Don’t count so much on Renewables” – Being serious about Climate Change
BY KRISTOF CUADROS PEREZ
Climate Response
“Will Renewable Energies save our Climate?”, “Is the industry not the big driver for Climate Change?”, “Why aren’t Governments doing more?” and “Can individuals really make a difference?” These are just some of the basic questions...
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