Close collaboration on geothermal heating supply launched
Energie und Wasser Potsdam GmbH (EWP) and the GFZ have signed a project agreement for the geothermal development of further sites in Potsdam.
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to safeguard a habitable planet.
The GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences is Germany's national centre for solid Earth research.
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New issue of the GFZ journal "System Erde": Early Warning
This issue focuses on the risks of earthquakes, landslides, and floods. Space weather also poses a threat to our high-tech society.
10 new innovation and knowledge transfer projects selected
The internally funded GFZ projects range from precise underwater timekeeping and intelligent data management to the legal framework for methane storage and citizen science involving soil samples.
News from RIFS
Community Energy and the Energy Transition: Why an Enabling Environment Matters
Community energy projects enable citizens, businesses and public institutions to generate and consume renewable energy. According to many experts, they are crucial to securing a democratic and just energy transition in Europe. Where are they fulfilling their potential, and where is there room for…
Positions
GFZ welcomes Geophysicist Prof. Tassara – Research Funded by the Humboldt Foundation
The geophysicist is from the University of Concepción in Chile and will be conducting research in Sections 4.1 ‘Lithosphere Dynamics’ and 4.5 ‘Subsurface Process Modelling’.
Awards & Honours
Two world-leading seismologists and Alexander von Humboldt Prize winners for a research stay at GFZ
Prof Gregory C. Beroza and Prof. Yehuda Ben-Zion are hosted by Section 4.2 "Geomechanics and Scientific Drilling" and will be studying the processes that precede earthquakes.
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