Cryptic faults have concerned earthquake scientists because of their unexpected presence and hidden seismic potential. Dr. Julius Jara-Muñoz and co-authors
Climate Witnesses on Seabed - Dr. Manfred Mudelsee develops statistical methods and evaluates data
“Coral skeletons contain limestone that binds oxygen”, the environmental physicist Mudelsee explains. Within the frame of the SEARCH project he spends many
Potsdam Geophysicist takes part: 2nd Brandenburg Science Slam in Schwedt
Doctoral student Thoralf Dietrich at the University of Potsdam had the hall buzzing with his gripping performance about volcanoes and glaciers...read more.
Leibniz Kolleg Potsdam: apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Trauth gives introductory presentation
How did climate influence the development of the first humans? These and other questions will be addressed by Martin Trauth and his colleagues during the talks in May 2022
Seniorprofessur an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
Leibniz-Preisträger Prof. Manfred Strecker Ph.D. wurde die erste Seniorprofessur der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam
Bundesverdienstkreuz für langjährig gemeinsam berufenen Professor
Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten erhielt das Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse für seine langjährigen Verdienste um den Ausbau der deutsch-russischen wissenschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit...
GeoUnion proclaims a new National Geopark in Germany
The Commission for the Designation of National Geoparks in Germany, a commission of GeoUnion Alfred Wegener Foundation, accredited ‘Geopark Sachsens Mitte’ – Central Saxony Geopark – as the 18th...
Dreimal Kinder-Universität – Wissenschaft trifft Schule online, digital und unterwegs
Die Kinder-Uni der Universität Potsdam wird auch 2021 vor allem online stattfinden: Schülerinnen und Schüler von Grundschulen aus ganz Brandenburg können sich am 24. September ein ...
Climate change increases sediment flux in Asian high mountain regions
In recent decades, runoff or sediment input to rivers in the high mountains of Asia has increased sharply and will more than double by 2050. This is shown by an international study ...
Prof. Dr. Eva Eibl from the Institute of Geosciences
Geophysicist about volcanic eruptions on Iceland and what we can learn from them – listen to an interview with the ‘Profis’ on radioeins on Jan 20, 2024
Prof. Eva Eibl conducts research in Iceland: The earth shakes, trenches open up in the ground, roads tear apart - and then a volcano erupts. Read more...
Dynamic history of the Andean Plateau - research sheds new light on the region
Within the last nine to 13 million years, the Puna Plateau in the south-central Andes has risen by a remarkable 2,000 meters, according to studies of stabl
Taylor Smith, together with his co-author establish new method for reliable estimates of vegetation resilience...read more...
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Thermo 2023 at Riva del Garda: Two presentation winners
Potsdam PhD students awarded: Isabel Wapenhans receives 1st prize for her 2-minute poster presentation, Lingxiao Gong also won an award for her notable pre
Potsdam Seismology meets Musicology - and opens up new possibilities for computer-based recording and analysis of polyphonic singing...read more in the mag
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Geothermal Power Plant: Prof. Olaka together with Chancellor Scholz on-site in Kenya
Lydia Olaka who received her doctorate from University of Potsdam, now is Professor at the Technical University of Kenya in Nairobi, welcomes Chancellor Scholz and Kenyan President Ruto...read more
Gerold Zeilinger wants to use augmented reality to facilitate decisions in landscape planning. Many people cannot imagine complex objects in space when they see them on a flat plan or map. ...
New Insights into Deep Earthquakes in the Central Andes
Dr. Constanza Rodriguez Piceda (former PhD student of StRATEGy Graduate School) along with colleagues from UP and GFZ studied geological, seismological, and geodetic data to better understand....
Photo: Ausschnitt aus Video Vortrag "Zwischen Brötchen und Borussia"
Minerale unter Hochdruck - eine Reise ins Erdinnere - Vortrag in der Reihe "Brötchen und Borussia"
Hoher Druck begegnet uns im Leben, wenn wir einen Rennradreifen aufpumpen oder beim Tauchen in große Wassertiefen. Sehr hoher Druck entsteht, wenn ein Elefant Stilettos mit Pfennigabsätzen trüge...
Alumna Debby Schmidt über seltene Erden und die Chancen des Bioleaching - Ob für Smartphones oder Elektroautos – modernste Technologien sind oft auf einen raren Rohstoff angewiesen: Seltene Erden...
Michaël Pons receives Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award 2022
PhD student presents a poster at the EGU entitled: Variability of the shortening rate in Central Andes controlled by subduction dynamics and interaction between slab and overriding plate
Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Melanie Lorenz
Her poster "FID GEO: Promoting Open Science for Geosciences (Lorenz, M.; Elger, K.; Achterberg, I.; Meistring, M.; Pfurr, N.; Semmler, M.)" wins award by EGU 2022
Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr wins the 2023 Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award of the EGU SSP Division
The scientist will be honored for her achievement in stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeontology. The award ceremony will take place during the EGU Gener
Key phases of human evolution coincide with flickers in eastern Africa’s climate
Interdisciplinary research in southern Ethiopia enabled the deciphering of eastern Africa’s climatic heartbeat and shows how key phases of climate change i
Better World Award UP 2022 geht an die Geo- und Biowissenschaftlerin Debby Schmidt
Einen Anstoß für eine umweltfreundliche und nachhaltige Gewinnung von Seltenen Erden möchte Debby Schmidt mit ihrer Masterarbeit geben, für die sie am 1. September mit dem Better World Award UP ...
Tipping climate in Eastern Africa: New publication in Nature Geoscience
The climate time series from the Chew Bahir Basin in southern Ethiopia shows one of the best examples of climate tipping, the transition from one stable condition to another.
How the Mediterranean Sea heats up the far north – Study shows climatic correlations
A new study has identified warm waters originating from the Mediterranean Sea as an unexpected but potent pacemaker of high-latitude warming and might even accelerate it in the near future.
WISSENSSTADT SUMMER CINEMA: "JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Prof. (apl.) Dr. Altenberger is on July 30th scientific guest and discussion partner of the Berlin Science City summer cinema "Jules Verne (1864) Journey to the center of the earth" (Geo-Fantasy 1959)
Fire and Ice – why Eva Eibl does research in Iceland in the mid of winter
People from all over the world travel through Iceland to see glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, geysers - but the true highlights are hidden from the eye.
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
Int. researchers led by Dr Kaboth-Bahr found out: Ancient El Niño-like weather patterns define environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa during a critical time for the evolution of our species
Moderne Auswerteverfahren und AR-Visualisierungen werden gefördert
Die Projektideen „Klassifizierung von Georadardaten zur automatisierten Zustandserfassung von Bahntrassen“ und „Visualisierung von Landschaftsveränderungen mittels AR in realer Umgebung“ überzeugten.
An international team of scientists with participation of Dr. Maria Kokh from the University of Potsdam was able to elucidate the mystery of ‘invisible’ gold enriched in sulfide minerals.
Geoethics - Integrity and Ethics in Science in Higher Education
Geoethics - Integrity and Ethics in Science in Higher Education - A keynote lecture by John Geissmann, Professor of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas - recorded on Monday, January 4,