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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…
New findings in geosciences are often gained when different disciplines combine their results. The atmosphere and its transition zone to space are fields where a lot of different disciplines are doing research, from remote sensing over magnetosphere…
Under extreme climatic conditions only few “witnesses” of past environmental conditions endure. Pollen, for example, serving as indicators for the composition of the vegetation of ancient times, are only conserved under very specific conditions.…
Robert Emberson, former PhD student in the GFZ section Geomorphology, was honored with the Michelson-Prize of the University of Potsdam for the best dissertation of the academic year 2016/2017 in the field of natural sciences. Emberson finished his…
Zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften am 24. Juni 2017 öffnet der Telegrafenberg für Besucherinnen und Besucher jeden Alters seine historischen Pforten, um modernste Forschung zu präsentieren. Es gibt für alle Interessierten die Gelegenheit, unsere…
The Verein der Freunde und Förderer des GFZ (FFGFZ) awards the best GFZ dissertation of a year with the Friedrich-Robert-Helmert Prize. Following the member conference the prize was awarded last Thursday to Sofia-Katerina Kufner and Benedikt Soja.