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The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Potsdam honored the GFZ as “TOP-Ausbildungsbetrieb” in the State of Brandenburg. The award goes to six companies or institutions which are highly engaged in educating and supporting their apprentices and…
The Sahara is the largest dry desert of the world and therewith the globally most intense producer of dust. This dust fertilizes the oceans and has an impact on climate evolution and terrestrial ecosystems. An international team of scientists led by…
In der Nacht zum Freitag um 1:31 Uhr (MESZ) gab es ein schweres Erdbeben mit der Magnitude 6,6 in der Ägäis. Der Erdbebenherd lag in 11 Kilometern Tiefe nahe der türkischen Küste. Medienberichten zufolge wurden zwei Menschen getötet, es gab…
Within the last years satellite navigation GPS became common property. Car drivers are guided by the navigation system, GPS controlled farm machineries work accurate to the centimeter and scientific applications are improving weather forecast. In the…
System Earth is highly complex. It consists of multiple interconnected cycles. Measuring the balance of energy and mass fluxes in the environment is therefore a highly demanding task in sciences. Researchers from the GFZ section Hydrology, together…
The thawing permafrost soils in the Arctic regions might contribute to the greenhouse effect in two ways: On the one hand rising temperatures lead to higher microbial methane production close to the surface. On the other hand deeper thawing opens new…
AtmoSat aims at investigating the impact of chemical and physical processes in the middle atmosphere between five and hundred kilometres on regional and global climates. The joint operation of the Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) and the…
In Germany, salt deposits play a major economic role, not only in resource mining but, less known, also for energy storage. Salt is characterized by an impermeable structure and therefore is a preferred storage medium for various liquids and gases.…
In cartography, each type of landscape is assigned to a symbol. Like this, woodlands, settlements, or swamplands for example are easily identified. The new research cluster „Signaturen stark gestörter Landschaften – am Fallbeispiel von…
At the beginning of the main vacation time the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences would like to point all holidaymakers and tourists who travel in earthquake- and tsunami-prone areas to its information leaflets "What to do when you…