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A new atlas of light pollution documents the degree to which the world is illuminated by artificial skyglow. In addition to being a scourge for astronomers, bright nights also affect nocturnal organisms and the ecosystems in which they live. The “New…
In March 1895 German and English language colonial newspapers report on a tsunami that hit the Trobriand Islands as a result of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 to 8. The Trobriand Islands belong to Papua New Guinea in the pacific Solomon Sea. It…
Intracontinental basins like the North German Basin, the West Siberian Basin, the Barents Sea or the Congo Basin are large depressions of the Earth’s surface. How these basins initially start to form and why they subside over hundreds of millions of…
Today, Prof. Liane G. Benning, Head of the GFZ section Interface Geochemistry, is awarded the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London. This medal is awarded biennially 'as an acknowledgement of eminent services to Geology'.
Three early-stage researchers, Dr. Ina Neugebauer, Dr. Sven Fuchs, and Dr. Tomasz Stawski, receive a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for a funding period of 24 months. Dr. Neugebauer leaves to the University of Geneva, coming from the…
On 11 June 2016, 5 pm to 12 am, 74 scientific institutions in Berlin and on Potsdamer Telegrafenberg open their doors for the 16th time for the “Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften” (Long Night of Science). The offered programme includes about 2,000…
When mountains form by tectonic processes, this is often accompanied by violent events: earthquakes changing the landscape. Using a new model, researchers of the GFZ, together with a colleague from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, have found…
„Hills and valleys“ on the sea are not visible by the human eye but they are of major importance for navigation, especially in shallow waters. The variations of the sea surface are caused by the Earth’s gravity field and are known to measure up to 20…
Ancient trees that fell over thousands of years before present offer new insights into a dramatic phase of the Late Glacial (12,900 - 11,650 year before present). For this time period, the Kauri trees (Agathis australis) from New Zealand show…
Whilst constructing a dam in 1969, workers discovered human footprints on the Kula volcanic field in Western Turkey. A volcanic eruption thousands of years ago had covered the ground with an ash layer that conserved the human trace. For a long time…