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02 October 2020
Triceratops ‘Skull 21’ exhibition
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The restoration of a Triceratops skull is the subject of an exhibition at the Science Centre Delft from October 3. The skull – dubbed ‘Skull 21’ - formed part of the collection at the Mineralogical & Geological Museum brought together by staff of the former faculty of Mining (now Geoscience & Engineering). The skull was damaged when it was transported from Wyoming (USA) to the Netherlands in 1950 and has now been restored to its former glory.
02 October 2020
Professorship Coastal Structures for Marcel van Gent at TU Delft
![Professorship Coastal Structures for Marcel van Gent at TU Delft](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/f/e/csm_marcel_van_gent_40002384a3.jpg)
The TU Delft executive board has appointed Dr. Marcel van Gent as professor of Coastal Structures. This addition to the Hydraulic Engineering department will further boost the cooperation between the university, Deltares and the hydraulic engineering sector.
18 September 2020
No world record longest crate bridge for Delft
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After one year of preparations and weeks of construction, a team of Civil Engineering students tried to build the longest bridge ever made out of crates. The 30 meter long bridge, that consisted of 0.0 beer crates, was supposed to break the world record of TU Eindhoven students.
14 September 2020
Antarctica: cracks in the ice
![Antarctica: cracks in the ice](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/b/1/csm_NASA_PIG_crevasses_55fef90ed1.jpg)
In recent years, the Pine Island Glacier and the Thwaites Glacier on West-Antarctica has been undergoing rapid changes, with potentially major consequences for rising sea levels.
14 September 2020
Svalbard glaciers much more vulnerable to warming since mid-1980s
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Most of Svalbard’s glaciers have lost their protective firn layer, which leaves the ice much more vulnerable to summer melt.