Climate change affects temperature extremes. To gain insight into how this happened, scientists reconstructed climate from the distant past. These reconstructions are usually not very detailed. They often cover a period of several thousand to millions of years.
Niels de Winter (VUB) analyzed the shells to improve this reconstruction. To do this, he looked at growth layers on the fossil shells of clams, oysters, and clams. This layer shows how the temperature fluctuates throughout the year.
De Winter also grows oysters, mussels, and mussels. This helped him to better interpret data from fossils. “In this way, we see a snapshot of the climate millions of years ago,” de Winter said.
With this award, the science journal Eos and Young Academy honors today’s most promising young researchers. Chief judge Karen Mikes chose De Winter as the winner. The audience award goes to speech therapist Cassandra Alighieri (University of Ghent).
De Winter will receive the work of plastic artist Athar Jaber, a member of the Youth Academy.
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Here are the winners:
Talk therapy Cassandra Alighieri (Ghent University) is looking at speech and expression therapy in children with cleft lip and palate.
– Physicist Robin Bunye (Hasselt University) wants to replace the contaminants in our electronics with biodegradable bacteria.
– Geologists Niels de Winter (Free University of Brussels) Revise climate models by analyzing fossil shells.
– Genetics Jana Helsen (KU Leuven) investigates the evolutionary impact of genetic defects.
– biological engineer Emile Michaels KU Leuven is assembling a protein toolbox that can be used to fight new and emerging viruses.
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