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16.01.2014|Potsdam/Berlin: The Board of Directors of the FVEE Renewable Energy Research Association elected Prof. Dr. Ernst Huengesof the GFZ as a spokesman. Prof. Dr. Clemens Hoffmann of the Fraunhofer-Institute for wind energy and energy system…
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a greenhouse potential over 20 times more effective in irradiating heat than CO2. As methane is one of the main products generated from buried organic matter during sedimentary basin evolution, and in view of…
Solar storm: major impacts rather unlikely
09.01.2014|Potsdam: The media reported about a solar outburst and a cloud of solar wind particles directed towards the Earth. ajor impacts are rather unlikely.
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08.01.2013|Potsdam: Das Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ erforscht in seinem Erdwärme-Demonstrationsprojekt bei Groß Schönebeck die Nutzbarkeit der Geothermie als nachhaltige Energieform. Wichtig dabei sind die…
Trauer um Prof. Dr. Philipp Hartl
Rapid climate changes, but with a 120 year time lag
04.12.2013|Potsdam: Regional climate changes can be very rapid. A German-British team of geoscientists now reports that such a rapid climate change occurred in different regions with a time…
As the European Space Agency ESA and the satellite producer Astrium announced in a status report on Wednesday 3 Dec. 2013, all scientific instruments could be switched into operation.
What drives aftershocks?
01.12.2013|Potsdam: High-resolution GPS signals provide new insights into the mechanisms of stress transfer in subduction zones. Up to two metres of "silent" creeping within 420 days after the mainshock.
Satellite trio to explore the Earth's magnetic field
22.11.2013|Potsdam: On 22 November 2013, a Russian Rockot rocket cleared the launchpad of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on schedule at 13:02:15 CET. In the tip of the rocket: three identical satellites…
Oxygen, Phosphorous and Early Life on Earth
17.11.2013 |Two billion years ago the Earth system was recovering from perhaps the single-most profound modification of its surface environments: the oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans. This led to a…