Video Archive

Studium Generale Talk: Dr. ir. Sanderine Nonhebel About Meat, Vegatarianism and Change

Albatrozz | learning by nature, Biomimetics/ESRIG

This laboratory has a sixty-metre-high mast and is located right next to the Wadden Sea in the cleanest spot in the Netherlands. The UG uses its measurements to study the greenhouse effect.

ECHOES project, introductory video.

Around the globe, coal-fired power stations, metal foundries and small-scale gold mining are responsible for the emission of the heavy metal mercury. In the Arctic the mercury is causing a lot of damage to people, animals and the environment. UG scientist Frits Steenhuisen is conducting research into this.

Eize Stamhuis is working with the company Sea Current to develop a new method of generating energy from tidal flows with a technology based on underwater kites. The method has significant advantages over wind and sun energy, as it can generate electricity from low-velocity flows of seawater.

The weekly online video magazine Unifocus highlights topics related to the University of Groningen in the fields of research and society, student life, teaching, policy and internationalization.

Webinar: The Development of Exact Year Radiocarbon Dating hosted by Penn State University on June 2, 2020.

An animated tale of giant solar storms, ancient sagas and the latest radiocarbon dating technology.

The Norse sagas tell tale of an epic voyage to an unknown land to the West of Greenland. Now, scientists have used a clever combination of tree rings, carbon dating and ancient solar storms to reveal that Vikings lived in North America exactly 1000 years ago.