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11/6/25

New Synergy Grant and participation go to GFZ

Hydrologist Heidi Kreibich is successful with her “LIMIT2ADAPT” project about flooding. Christian Voigt is partner in “SnowShifts” about snow.

mage from the textbook ‘TECTONIC GEODYNAMICS’

10/8/25

New textbook combines geoscientific disciplines

Prof. Claudio Faccenna, head of the GFZ's Lithosphere Dynamics Section, has published the textbook Tectonic Geodynamics together with Prof. Thorsten Becker.

Group photo with four people in front of a dark wall with the words “Auricher Wissenschaftstage”

10/8/25

Science up close: Lectures by two GFZ researchers at the Aurich Science Days 2025

At this renowned public event, Prof. Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth and Prof. Liane G. Benning gave exciting insights into their scientific work on our planet.

News from RIFS

Europe Chooses Solar Power and Import Independence

Renewable energy is today the cheapest source of electricity available. In order to meet the goals agreed under the Paris Agreement, the share of renewables must be expanded to 100 per cent by the 2030s. However, this expansion comes with an increase in land-use, leading to rising public opposition…

Green background, portrait of Heidi Kreibich

10/22/25

Positions

PD Dr Heidi Kreibich is the new head of the GFZ Hydrology Section

The Group Leader “Flood Risk and Climate Adaptation” in the Hydrology Section took over as head of the section from Prof. Dr Bruno Merz on 15 October.

11/7/25

Awards & Honours

Professor Jean Braun was awarded the Dodson Prize by the International Standing Committee on Thermochronology

The recipient of the 2025 Dodson Prize is Prof. Jean Braun (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam) in recognition of his pivotal role in the fields of thermochronology und tectonics.