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Simon Schneider and Yannick Garcin. Photo: Corinna Kallich

The Mystery of the Rainforest – Geoscientists show that humans were already shaping the central African landscape 2,600 years ago

Fields, roads, and towns but also forests planted in neat rows, and dead-straight rivers: people shape nature to better suit their purposes. The fact …

Geoscientists Solve the Riddle of the “Rainforest Crisis” – Humans Changed the Ecosystems of Central Africa More Than 2,600 Years Ago

Fields, streets and cities, but also forests planted in rank and file, and dead straight rivers: humans shape nature to better suit their purposes, …
Diskussion am Kalderarand des Mount Longonot. Foto: Henry Wichura.

Underway in Kenia – February, 15: “Oloonong’ot – mountain of many ridges

Geoscientists on an Excursion in the East African Rift System

February, 15th Today we want to study one of the largest caldera volcanoes of the Kenya Rift - Mount Longonot at an elevation of about 2560 m. …
Landschaft in Kenia mit einem Berg.

Unterwegs in Kenia – Geowissenschaftliche Exkursion in das Ostafrikanische Riftsystem

Eine Gruppe von 25 Geowissenschaftlern wird vom 11. bis 20. Februar dem Winter in Deutschland und Europa entfliehen und das Ostafrikanische …
Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Quite Warm, Quite Cold – Geomicrobiologist Dirk Wagner researches the smallest lifeforms in extreme environments

The Arctic, deserts, and volcanos: Life exists in very unexpected places – and on a surprising scale. Geomicrobiologist Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner tracks …
Dr. Natalia Ospina-Alvarez. Photo: Karla Fritze.

In Her Element – Why thallium and other trace elements are becoming a problem for the environment and what can be done about it

They are everywhere: in the soil, in the water, and sometimes even in the air, albeit often in such small quantities that they are hardly traceable. …

Von Daten zu Modellen – Sonderforschungsbereich zur „Datenassimilation“ wird am 4. Juli eröffnet

Wie aus großen Datenmengen komplexe, aber verständliche Modelle entstehen können, wollen die Forscher des neuen Sonderforschungsbereiches (SFB) 1294 …

Fernerkundung, GeoInformation und Visualisierung – Neuer englischsprachiger Masterstudiengang

Mit Fernerkundung, GeoInformation und Visualisierung beschäftigt sich ein neuer Masterstudiengang der Universität Potsdam, der zum Wintersemester …
Bild mit Sonnenuntergang und Bohrturm im Hintergrund

Blick in die Menschheitsgeschichte – Workshop zum internationalen Tiefbohrprojekt in Ostafrika

Was 550.000 Jahre Klimageschichte Ostafrikas über die Entwicklung der Vorfahren des Menschen verraten, diskutieren die Teilnehmer eines Workshops, der …
The fossils (ammonites) at 3000 meters altitude are witnesses of an earlier sea. Photo: Henry Wichura.

Underway in the Andes – March, 9: Fossils in the late summer snow

Travel Journal: Doctoral Students on an Excursion in Western Argentina

We are leaving Mendoza and drive to the South along the famous “Ruta 40”, the longest road in South America. Today we are heading to Malargüe and the …