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A house ages alongside its occupants

Sander Lambrix, researcher at VUB-UHasselt: “Well-being is closely linked to the way in which people and their living environment age together”

Climate change doubled the number of heat-related deaths in Belgium during the heatwave of June 2026

New study links 665 deaths directly to man-made global warming during the deadliest heatwave ever recorded in Belgium

Factoring daily weather extremes into glacier models reveals greater glacier loss and faster sea-level rise.

More realistic simulations of glacier melt results in greater projected ice loss by the end of the century

VUB and UNamur study shows how AI agents develop their own ‘artificial natural language’ to communicate about complex data

AI systems spontaneously develop their own language, tailored to their sensors, rather than copying human language.

VUB research: how cities can go greener in a warming climate

VUB researcher Robbe Neyns is mapping urban tree species using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence

Children born today in Europe will live through almost twice as much extreme fire weather as their grandparents

VUB study shows young Europeans will experience years of dangerous fire weather over their lifetime as climate warms, but rapid emissions cuts could substantially reduce their exposure.

When will your glacier disappear? From projections to reality

New website maps the future of every glacier on Earth

VUB Professor Philippe Claeys receives the Barringer Medal for his research into meteorite impacts

Claeys ensured that his VUB laboratory had access to state-of-the-art analytical facilities for isotopic and geochemical research

The impact of climate change on the habitat of European bumblebees

Crucial pollinators are losing more and more habitat

Climate change exposes up to 560 million children worldwide to extreme heat for at least one month longer each year

Scientists debunk volcano myths

A volcano does not ‘smoke’, and a magma chamber is not an underground swimming pool

VUB opens demonstration building: waste-free construction is possible

New European pilot project at the research park in Zellik demonstrates how the construction sector can build more sustainably and more intelligently