Catching up

Hello, long time no see!

So what's happened these past few months?

The IPCC Working Group 1 contribution to the Sixth Assessment report is getting up to speed. I attended the first lead author meeting in Guangzhou, China in June, and joined this months' second lead author meeting in Vancouver, Canada remotely. I am co-writing chapter 9 (Oceans, Cryosphere and Sea Level). It's quite an intense process, but I'm learning lots and have met some great people already!


In August I co-organised the iSLR18 conference in Utrecht. This conference was especially geared towards Early Career Researchers working in sea-level change. We had 2 conference days and 1 field day, plus a public debate evening.


In December, Dutch secretary Ingrid van Engelshoven, of Education, Culture & Science, visited NIOZ. She toured the facilities and learned about sea-level change, seaweed and building with nature solutions.


Earlier this month, I was one of the three speakers at the annual Brunings Lecture in Utrecht.

And last but not least, I'd like to introduce our new group member Carolina! She will work with us over the next four years on a project on satellite altimetry, a collaboration between NIOZ and TU Delft.