The Department of Physical Geography is looking for a PhD candidate on Paleo-ecological data science for the project “Looking back to plan ahead – unfolding the natural heritage of Dutch landscapes”. In order to plan future landscapes and forest composition we need to gain a better understanding ...
The proposed research project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, as part of the interdisciplinary Ambizione project, entitled “The when and the where of colour: tailored radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis of natural organic dyes and pigments in cultural heritage objects” ...
Global climate models driven with reconstructions of solar variations, volcanic aerosols and land use change can simulate climate variations over past centuries, but only on spatial scales far coarser than the scales on which communities will have experienced climate change impacts. This project ...
Understanding past climate and environmental change is crucial to predicting the potential wider implications of anthropogenic climate change. Arid and semi‐arid regions are particularly vulnerable due to the fine balance between water availability and societal demands. Should future ...
Recently, techniques for obtaining empirical climate and environmental reconstruction data have become increasingly more accessible and quicker to obtain. We are now able to collect time-integrated materials (lake cores, peat and mire deposits) that can be dated accurately and analysed for a ...
Global warming is causing significant changes in rainfall, water availability, and agricultural productivity across tropical South America, increasing poverty and leading to migration out of rural areas. Enhanced adaptation strategies to alleviate the impact of climate change are urgently needed ...
The PastPorts project will focus on two connected overarching goals: 1) Conducting fundamental research assessing the isotopic ecology of the Caribbean region; and 2) Determining the geographic origins of ancient migrants. These goals will be achieved by refining and integrating several ...
The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans, and is the only animal that evolved alongside us through the major lifestyle changes of the last ~10,000 years, including the rise of agriculture. This project will use whole-genome sequencing technologies to ask: how have humans changed ...
