New approach for improved early flood warning
Combining various forecasting models enables more precise forecasting of flood impacts – with water levels and dynamic, high-resolution flood maps.
View ArticleGeothermal energy in public discourse
The GFZ Geoenergy Section made many contributions to the recent Berlin Energy Days
View ArticleGFZ guest at the ‘German Spring’ in Tallinn
On the occasion of the German Embassy's festival, Executive Director Susanne Buiter and Ludwig Stroink, Head of Projects & International Affairs, established further valuable contacts in Estonia.
View ArticlePresentation of state-of-the-art drone technology at the GFZ
Whether as copters or gliders, with laser, radar or hyperspectral sensors - drones provide important services for monitoring forests or peatlands, analyzing volcanoes, minerals & more.
View ArticleSusanne Buiter elected to Academia Europaea
The objective of Academia Europaea is to encourage the advancement of excellent scientific achievements.
View ArticleGFZ honors researchers for their ERC grants
State Secretary Dünow from the MWFK congratulates: “The GFZ provides forward-looking impetus for international geological, environmental and climate research”
View Article50 years of satellite laser measurement
GFZ celebrates the anniversary and the start of the renovation of the Helmert Tower
View ArticleMore earthquakes due to global warming
Rising sea levels increase the pressure on tectonic faults and lead to changes in their seismic cycles – leading to an increasing number of earthquakes particularly in the world's coastal regions.
View ArticleAOK company run Potsdam 2024
We are delighted with the enthusiastic participation and the many new faces in our team.
View ArticleWhat the landscape's shape reveals about possible large earthquakes
Land uplifts at subduction zones are the result of thousands of small quakes. This makes it possible to estimate the size of locked plate areas and the location and strength of future large quakes.
View ArticleVolcanic ash for understanding abrupt climate shifts
The first discovery of CI Tephra in the Dead Sea provides insights into the timing of the climate shift across the Mediterranean ~40,000 years ago
View ArticleDr Guram Kervalishvili new EGU Space Weather Officer
The head of the space weather activities of the Geomagnetism Section has taken over the office for the Solar-Terrestrial Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).
View ArticleJugend forscht national victory: project at GeoBioLab
Anthony Eliot Striker and Tina Thao-Nhi Schatz impressed the jury in the ‘Biology’ category with their project on a microbial fuel cell, carried out in Jens Kallmeyer's working group.
View Article“The GRACE-C satellite mission is a key project”
German-American space dialogue underlines the importance of the “spirit level in space”. The third generation of the satellite duo is currently being planned.
View ArticleNepalese President visits the GFZ and the Telegrafenberg
President Ram Chandra Paudel and his delegation informed themselves about current and possible future cooperations between Nepal and the GFZ against the background of increasing climate change.
View ArticleDoctoral Days at GFZ
This year's Doctoral Student Days took place on 17 and 18 June under the motto "Harvesting Knowledge, Thriving together!"
View ArticleOn the flood situation in southern Germany
Q & A on extreme water events in Germany from GFZ and UFZ experts
View ArticleLioba Virchow geoscientist of the month June at DVGeo
The PhD student in the ‘Geoenergy’ section is being honoured by the umbrella organisation for geosciences. In addition to her hydrogeological research, she is also involved in the ‘Young FH-DGGV’.
View ArticleVolker Medal for Heidi Kreibich
Heidi Kreibich wird für ihre herausragenden Beiträge zu Hochwasserrisiken im November mit der Volker Medaille des Internationalen Hydrologiepreises der IAHS ausgezeichnet.
View ArticleMighty floods of the Nile River during warmer and wetter climates
Sediment cores off the Nile mouth reveal insights into effects and causes of heavy rainfall episodes about 9,000 years ago. That will help to prepare for weather extremes in a changing climate.
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