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Geoscientist Prof. Dr. Martin Trauth explores this question in depth ... read more

Peter van der Beek and Max Wilke—professors at the Institute of Earth Sciences—contributed to this work. Read more...

The Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA) honors the work of Asil Newigy. Please read more...

On 27 January 2025, Philipp Weis was awarded the title of adjunct professor of Geology. The geologist has been working at the GFZ...read more

Georadar investigations bring the underground to light. Please read more....

Changes in sediment levels have a particularly strong impact on agriculture, water quality, flood management, and hydropower generation. Read more...

On October 18, 2024 at 12:50 (10:50:52 UT), a magnitude 3.1 earthquake shook the area around Herzberg and Doberlug-Kirchhain.

As part of the German-French University four master students of the Geosciences program participated in a field trip in the pyrenees. Please read more....

Navigating the Future of carbonates and mixed systems in the age of energy sustainability

Professor Oberhänsli was elected President of one of the oldest geological commissions at the 37th International Geological Congress (IGC) 2024 ...

“In the Ore Mountains, you can walk from the center of the former magma chamber up to the former surface of the earth within a day,” explains M. Korges

New study shows: Escarpments and plateaus are formed when instabilities in the Earth's mantle erode cratonic keels, causing the interior....read more

Cryptic faults have concerned earthquake scientists because of their unexpected presence and hidden seismic potential. Dr. Julius Jara-Muñoz and co-authors

Zu Biodiversität, Tektonik und Klimawandel im Ostafrikanischen Grabenbruch

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

What is the significance of ore deposits in the age of digitization? How can we use drones to record and evaluate ...

Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten erhielt das Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse für seine langjährigen Verdienste um den Ausbau der deutsch-russischen wissenschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit...

Ende November 2021 begeben sich Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden des internationalen Graduiertenkollegs „StRATEGy“...

Martin H. Trauth from the Institute of Geosciences has published his third textbook on data analysis in the geosciences with SpringerNature...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

The European Mineralogical Conference 2024, held in Dublin, was a significant event for mineralogists, geologists, and Earth science professionals....

Wie das Studium der Fernerkundung an der Uni Potsdam Geschichte und Hightech zusammenbringt

“Coral skeletons contain limestone that binds oxygen”, the environmental physicist Mudelsee explains. Within the frame of the SEARCH project he spends many

Doctoral student Thoralf Dietrich at the University of Potsdam had the hall buzzing with his gripping performance about volcanoes and glaciers...read more.

The Institute of Geosciences is hosting the 15th Georadar Roundtable from September 25 to 27. Registrations are possible until June 16.

First it flickers, then it tips... The transition between climate systems is examined more closely here. Read more...

At the Institute of Geosciences, he led the oKat-SIM project, among others, in which augmented reality (AR) was used to...read more

In their study, scientists working with Professor Eibl and colleagues from the GFZ German Research Centre are analysing seismic signals .....read more

EGU: The most important European association for scientists in the fields of Earth, Planetary and Space science research with...read more...

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

Professor Dr. Max Wilke newly elected Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and is thus honored for his scientific activities

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...

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

Potsdam and Kenyan Geosciences Researchers Investigate Geothermal Areas in the East African Rift Valley

"Lava, Ashes and Toxic gases - The Secrets of Volcanoes"

Climate Change and Human Evolution in Africa

Taylor Smith, together with his co-author establish new method for reliable estimates of vegetation resilience...read more...

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

Himalayan valley-floor widths controlled by tectonically driven exhumation...read more

GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung und DVGeo claim: Earth science content should be given a higher priority in school teaching...read more

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. ...

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....

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...

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

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

This high honour recognizes the Institute´s former chair holder and his research in the field of ethnomusicology....

The scientist will be honored for her achievement in stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeontology. The award ceremony will take place during the EGU Gener

Interdisciplinary research in southern Ethiopia enabled the deciphering of eastern Africa’s climatic heartbeat and shows how key phases of climate change i

Martin H. Trauth of the Institute of Geosciences has published his fifth textbook on data analysis in the geosciences with SpringerNature-Verlag. ...

Prof. Peter van der Beek researches the driving forces behind mountain formation

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 ...

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.

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.

Two Potsdam researchers are involved in the new international Center for Molecular Water Science, which has now published its research program.

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)

People from all over the world travel through Iceland to see glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, geysers - but the true highlights are hidden from the eye.

While there are some well-established theories of orogenesis, many aspects of how, when and why mountain ranges are created remain a mystery.

EGU honours two faculty members of the Institute of Geosciences

Why a whole region is rotating in the middle of Africa

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

Datenbank „DIoGeneS“ zu geologischen Strukturen am Institut für Geowissenschaften öffentlich zugänglich

Die Projektideen „Klassifizierung von Georadardaten zur automatisierten Zustandserfassung von Bahntrassen“ und „Visualisierung von Landschaftsveränderungen mittels AR in realer Umgebung“ überzeugten.

Earth science researchers from Potsdam and Bozen demand for new precaution strategies for gravitational mass movements in the Alps

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 - A keynote lecture by John Geissmann, Professor of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas - recorded on Monday, January 4,

A welcome to Peter van der Beek at the Institute of Geosciences