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Like athletes, scientists are driven to push limits and take on the biggest challenges. Few are greater than the climate crisis. To tackle it, VUB researchers venture to the ends of the earth – from the frozen plains of Antarctica to the sweltering forests of Congo. They’re developing new climate models, and sometimes even studying... rabbit droppings. Read all about it in this new edition of VUB Tomorrow, where science meets the future.

 

Antartica
Nature & planet

"Doing nothing will cost much more than making the transition"

Onderzoeker in klimaatkamer
Nature & planet

"Even rabbit droppings change their role in nature under climate change"

Derrick Muheki
Innovation

“With MeteoSaver, we can digitise and rescue meteorological archives worldwide"

Zonnepanelen met een futuristisch gebouw op de achtergrond
Interdisciplinary research

Sustainable technologies aren’t created in Isolation

Regen
Sustainability

“We are evolving towards a climate with a wet and a dry season”

Niels De Temmerman and Waldo Galle at the old student halls
Infrastructure

“A good architect designs for changing needs”

Boot
Science & research

Plankton, a natural ally in the fight against climate change

Gele navigatieboei
Sustainability

Not too late to save islands and low-lying areas from flooding

Zeehonden op ijs
Sustainability

Experiments to tackle climate change not without risk

Windmolen
Nature & planet

Temperature monitoring and AI help reduce maintenance costs and downtime of wind turbines

MOBI
Science & research

“100,000 parked cars to become one giant battery for green energy”

Jasje van gemaakt van schimmel
Education & youth

Interesting cross-pollination between science and design

Uitgedroogde maiskolf
Science & research

Can wastewater help combat drought?

Landschap Oeganda
Wetenschappers

Even natural disasters move with the times

Afbeelding volwassen en kind aan het flossen
Health

“Dentistry is one of the most carbon-intensive sectors in the world”

Harry Zekollari in een gletsjer
Science & research

“In Europe glaciers are melting faster than elsewhere”

Onderzoek naar Gletsjers
Science & research

Searching for million-year-old ice

Antarctische ijsplaten
Nature & planet

Warming of the Southern Ocean threatens 60% of Antarctic ice sheets

Satellietbeelden van de ijsscheuren rond Antarctica
Sustainability

Mass loss of Antarctic ice sheets accelerates due to cracks

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