Bintanja, Prof. Richard
Richard Bintanja is a Professor of Climate and Environmental Change. He studied Meteorology at Utrecht University. He obtained his PhD for his research into the Antarctic climate (The Antarctic Ice Sheet and Climate) and subsequently worked at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU) as a postdoc.
Bintanja has been working as a climate researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) since 2007. His research interests include the climates of both polar region, and he has used advanced climate models to quantify and understand future changes in the polar climate. Bintanja's work started with meteorological and glaciological observations during several expeditions to the polar regions, including Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard, among others.
Bintanja has been Professor of Climate and Environmental Change at the UG Faculty of Science and Engineering since 2017. He is also the lead editor of the scientific journal Meteorologica.
Previously in the news
- Niet eerder zo weinig zee-ijs gemeten rond Antarctica (Never before has so little see ice been measured around Antarctica)
- Spitsbergen-expeditie meet luchtvervuiling, kwikvergiftiging in Poolgebied (Svalbard expedition measures air pollution and mercury)
- Zes vragen over de hitte in Siberië (Six questions about the heat in Siberia) 38 graden in Siberië: hoogste temperatuur ooit gemeten binnen poolcirkel (38 degrees Celsius in Siberia: highest temperate ever measured in the polar circle)
- There Won’t Be Snow In The Arctic If Climate Change Proceeds
- Meer regen, minder sneeuw op Noordpool (More rain and less snow on the North pole)
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