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3D perspective view derived from airborne lidar point clouds for the Valgeraba peat area in Estonia. The coloring indicates elevation (left side) and true surface colors from airphotos (right side). The elevation has been 50x vertically exaggerated to show the peat morphology and shape.

Natural carbon reservoirs – peatlands worldwide measured from space

An international study inferred the morphology, hydrology and carbon storage of raised peatlands across diverse biomes – from Alaska, through the …
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Triple Winner – One State Teaching Award and Two Postdoc Awards Go to the University of Potsdam

The two Postdoc Awards of the state of Brandenburg and one of the 2023 State Teaching Awards went to the University of Potsdam: Psycholinguist Dr. …
Lake in front of snow-covered mountains

Recalculations – How Can We Evaluate the Quality of Global Water Models?

In a study recently published in “Nature Water”, the Analysis of Hydrological Systems group at the University of Potsdam, together with an …
Photo of two plants

Plant Phenotypes and Nano-Metals – Two New Collaborative Research Centers for the University of Potsdam

Researchers from the Faculty of Science at the University of Potsdam submitted two successful proposals for Collaborative Research Centers to the …
Prof. Dr. Dieter Neher (left) and Prof. Dr. Bernd Müller-Röber (right)

First-Class Research Made in Potsdam – University of Potsdam Scientists among Most Cited Researchers Again

Two scientists from the University of Potsdam continue to be among the absolute top group of the most cited researchers in their field worldwide. This …
3D point cloud model of the Golm Campus

From Space and From the Air, with Laser and Neutrons – Modern Sensor Technology Helps to Better Understand the World

Archimedes discovered the law of hydrostatic buoyancy because he himself caused his bathtub to overflow, Isaac Newton is said to have discovered the …
Left: Dr. Stefano Mazzanti in the lab / Right: photocatalytic reactor

Nature-like Photosynthesis – Publication Prize 2023 of Leibniz-Kolleg Potsdam for Stefano Mazzanti

Carbon neutral fuels? Artificial Photosynthesis as future technology? All possible, as shown by the research of Stefano Mazzanti. During his PhD, he …
Olkaria geothermal field

KAWI KWA TAIFA – Energy for the nation – Potsdam and Kenyan Geosciences Researchers Investigate Geothermal Areas in the East African Rift Valley

Ol Karia – red ochre in the Maasai language, is a clayey, iron rich deposit found in areas with volcanic hot springs in the Kenya Rift. Red ochre is …
Pipeline

When a pipeline has a leak – hydrogen is to become a key element for the post-fossil age

“Water is the coal of the future. Tomorrow’s energy will be derived from water that has been broken down by an electric current. The constituent …
Global map showing where resilience estimates are reliable (blue/orange regions), with categories for increasing/decreasing resilience, inconclusive trends (black), and low data quality (pink).

Suffering ecosystems – new method for reliable estimates of vegetation resilience

On a global scale, vegetation is being impacted by climate change, as confirmed by a study of the Potsdam geoscientist Dr. Taylor Smith and his …