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On a green field stands a white, barrel-shaped container with an inscription, in which the sensitive measuring device is installed. Next to it is a solar panel.

7/3/25

Establishing a European network of quantum gravimeters

Launch of the EU project ‘EQUIP-G’: Unique insights into the inner structure of the Earth through high-precision terrestrial gravity measurements.

Two people are standing on the roof of a building among the sky. One is looking into a technical pipe.

6/20/25

Former Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the GFZ

Together with Andrea Lübcke, her designated successor as Member of Parliament, she visited the Satellite Laser Ranging Station and Helmert Tower

6/15/25

Predicting the Effects of Geomagnetic Storms

GFZ and the European Space Agency begin FLAG project to improve space weather forecasts

News from RIFS

“We are all part of the solution”

The Arts and Media Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the City of Potsdam, and the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) at the GFZ recently established a new fellowship, the “Planetary Transitions: Potsdam Artist Residency”. The inaugural fellowship has been awarded…

Portraitfoto mit grauem lichtdurchfluteten Hintergrund, vor dem Körper verschränkte Arme

6/23/25

Positions

Simona Regenspurg Appointed Adjunct Professor

Regenspurg has been awarded the title of adjunct professor for “Geothermal Fluids” at the Institute of Geological Sciences.

Photo von Heidi Kreibich, background with Vegetation

7/3/25

Awards & Honours

Heidi Kreibich Delivers Prestigious Leonardo Lecture on Flood Risk Management

Heidi Kreibich presented recent advances in this area while focusing on Regional Flood Models (RFM), 2D flood simulations (RIM2D) and paired event analysis.