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Roderik van de Wal is a Professor at Utrecht University specializing in Marine Atmospheric Research, specifically focusing on sea level change and coastal impacts. His research area necessitates a combined modeling and observational approach at the interface of natural earth sciences. He investigates the climate dynamics and changes in the cryosphere, with particular emphasis on the causes of sea level rise, identifying climate change as a primary driver. His work includes examining the effects of thermal expansion due to warming oceans and the melting of land ice, which contributes additional water to oceans. Van de Wal's research also addresses how increasing air and ocean temperatures lead to more intense and frequent coastal storms, resulting in larger storm surges that further exacerbate sea level rise. He collaborates with oceanographers, meteorologists, glaciologists, hydrologists, geologists, and physical geographers within the university to strengthen multidisciplinary research efforts. His areas of interest encompass paleoclimate modeling, climate sensitivity, ICE core interpretation for sea-level variations, ice dynamics in Greenland and Antarctica, and glacier modeling.
Department of Psychology