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cryptic seismic potential of the Pichilemu blind fault in Chile
Sedimentary sequences and sampling in the Pichilemu area (Chile)
Photo: Dr. J. Jara

The hidden danger of cryptic faults

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-06-292-climate-witnesses-on-the-seabed-dr-manfred-mudelsee-develops-statistical-methods?mdrv=www.uni-potsdam.de&cHash=d9389011c7743a92ab6b6e1f3a299537
Airial view of the Great Barrier Reef
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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

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Thoralf Dietrich receives prize at Brandenburg Science Slam in Schwedt
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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.

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Leibnizkolleg: Titel des Einführungsvortrages vor Sonnenabbildung
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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

Potsdam Day of Science 2022
Potsdam Day of Science 2022
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Potsdam Day of Science 2022

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

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Seniorprofessur an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät

Leibniz-Preisträger Prof. Manfred Strecker Ph.D. wurde die erste Seniorprofessur der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam

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Platinum hitches a ride with sulfur in the Earth’s crust

Platinum group elements (PGE, also termed platinoids) have been believed to be extremely poorly soluble and little mobile in natural fluids ...

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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...

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/nachrichten/detail/2021-11-29-unterwegs-in-den-anden-geowissenschaftler-auf-exkursion-in-westargentinien
Kurze Pause und Datenaufnahme in der argentinischen Puna, dem zweithöchsten Gebirgsplateau der Erde und Untersuchungsgebiet des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs „StRATEGy“.
Photo: Heiko Pingel

Unterwegs in den Anden – Geoforschende auf Exkursion in Argentinien

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

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Book cover "MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences"

New Textbook on Data Acquisition in Geosciences

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

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Porphyry fan of Mohorn-Grund

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...

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Kinderuni 2021

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 ...

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A tributary in the Western Himalaya in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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 ...

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/nachrichten/detail/2021-09-08-reise-durch-das-weltklima-am-computer-die-online-summer-school-trends-rhythms-and-even
Online Summer School "Trends, Rhythms and Events in the Earth’s Climate System"

Reise durch das Weltklima am Computer

Online Summer School "Trends, Rhythms and Events in the Earth’s Climate System"

EGU President
Professor van der Beek in his office in front of shelve with geological samples
Photo: Sandra Scholz

Peter van der Beek elected President of the European Geosciences Union

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

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View of the crater chain Sundhnúkurgígar on Iceland
Photo: Eva Eibl

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

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Professor Wilke im Gespräch vor Gesteinsmustern und Bildschirm erläutert seine Forschung
Photo: Universität Potsdam

Award for Mineralogy Professor

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-12-05-das-schlimmste-ereignis-in-island-seit-1973-geoforscherin-prof-dr-eva-eibl-ueber
Excavators are building a wall to protect the Avartsengi power plant and Grindavik from a possible lava flow
Photo: Eva Eibl

Earthquakes on the Reykjanes Peninsula

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...

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-10-12-dynamische-geschichte-des-anden-plateaus-forschung-wirft-neues-licht-auf-die-region
Deformed Miocene redbeds infront of the Sierra Macón, Pocitos Basin, Puna Plateau, NW Argentina.
Photo: H. Pingel

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-10-17-kawi-kwa-taifa-energy-for-the-nation-potsdam-and-kenyan-geosciences-researchers
Geothermalfeld von Olkaria
Photo: B. Bookhagen

KAWI KWA TAIFA – Energy for the nation –

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

Apfel, Laborflasche, Stifte, Bücher - Kinderuni 2023
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Geosciences at the Children´s University 2023: Geophysicist Eva Eibl presents:

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

The Geologist Martin Trauth presents:

Climate Change and Human Evolution in Africa

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/nachrichten/detail/2023-09-14-geschaedigte-oekosysteme-neue-methode-um-die-widerstandsfaehigkeit-der-vegetation
Karte der Erde zur Darstellung der Vegetationsdichte
Image: Taylor Smith

Ecosystems threatened

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

Isabel Wapenhans during her 2-minute poster presentation
Photo: Thermo 2023

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

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Scherbaum putting on a special microphone at Givi Pirtskhelani. Also in the picture the singers Gigo Chamgeliani and Murad Pirtskhelani
Photo: C. Bithell

Musical Scales beyond Major and Minor

Potsdam Seismology meets Musicology - and opens up new possibilities for computer-based recording and analysis of polyphonic singing...read more in the mag

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-09-05-narrow-valleys-steep-river-gradients-how-big-data-analyses-help-understanding-the-himalayas
River gravel of the Seti, Nepal. In the background the Annapurna Massif
Photo: Jürgen Mey

New Study shows:

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/mnfakul/news/detail/2023-04-27-mehr-erdsystemwissen-in-die-schule
Pupils and teacher in classroom
Photo: GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung

More earth system knowledge in school!

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/mnfakul/news/detail/2023-05-09-karibu-mr-chancellor-willkommen-herr-bundeskanzler
On-site in Kenya: Prof. Olaka explains Geology and Geo-Resources
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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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-03-15-mit-der-ar-brille-zum-besseren-durchblick-gerold-zeilinger-mit-ar-entscheidungen-erleichtern
Geowissenschaftler Dr. Gerold Zeilinger mit AR-Brille
Photo: Sandra Scholz

With the AR glasses to a better view

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. ...

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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....

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Ausschnitt aus Video Vortrag "Zwischen Brötchen und Borussia" Thema: Minerale unter Hochdruck
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...

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2023-01-20-nachhaltige-technologien-nachhaltiger-machen-alumna-debby-schmidt-ueber-seltene-erden

Nachhaltige Technologien nachhaltiger machen

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...

https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/ospp-award/2022/michael-pons/

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

https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/ospp-award/2022/melanie-lorenz/

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

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Frank Scherbaum and Caroline Bithell are holding their honorary doctorate certificate in their hands

Honorary doctorate awarded to Prof. Dr. Frank Scherbaum

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

https://www.egu.eu/news/937/egu-announces-its-2023-awards-and-medals/
Kaboth-Bahr during fieldwork

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/pressreleases/detail/2022-09-27-key-phases-of-human-evolution-coincide-with-flickers-in-eastern-africas-climate
Bohrlokalität und Lager im Chew-Bahir-Becken in Südäthiopien.
Photo: Annett Junginger

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

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Cover: Python Recipes for Earth Sciences – First Edition
Photo: Springer

New textbook on data analysis in the geosciences with Python

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2022-07-14-across-mountains-and-valleys-prof-peter-van-der-beek-researches-the-driving-forces

Across Mountains and Valleys

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

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2022-09-02-better-world-award-up-2022-geht-an-die-geo-und-biowissenschaftlerin-debby-schmidt

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 ...

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/mnfakul/news/detail/2021-08-19-prof-sobolev-new-member-of-academia-europaea
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Prof. Sobolev newly elected to the prestigious Academia Europaea

Stephan Sobolev is called into the Academia based on his sustained academic excellence in his field.

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Climate time series from the Chew Bahir Basin in southern Ethiopia

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.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/pressreleases/detail/2021-08-11-wie-das-mittelmeer-dem-hohen-norden-einheizt-studie-zeigt-klimatische-zusammenhaenge
With progressing global warming, sea ice melting across the Arctic Ocean is expected to further increase and might be even accelerated by the newly described oceanic heat-channel that pumps heat into the high northern latitudes. | copyright: Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, University of Potsdam

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.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/nachrichten/detail/2021-06-15-geheimnisse-des-wassers-white-paper-fuer-das-zentrum-fuer-molekulare-wasserforschung-ver
Zwei Potsdamer Forschende Two Potsdam researchers are involved in the new international Center for Molecular Water Science, which has now publishsind am neuen internationalen Zentrum für Molekulare Wasserforschung beteiligt, das nun sein Forschungsprogramm veröffentlicht hat. Foto: AdobeStock/magann

Secrets of the Water – White Paper of the Centre for Molecular Water Science published

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

https://www.wissensstadt.berlin/events/wissensstadt-sommerkino-die-reise-zum-mittelpunkt-der-erde
Höhle auf Island

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)

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2020-05-07-fire-and-ice-why-eva-eibl-does-research-in-iceland-in-the-mid-of-winter
Daniel Vollmer, instaling a multi-sensor observatory in Iceland.

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.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2019-12-20-from-gps-to-geodynamics-how-surface-measurements-help-understand-earthquakes-and-earth-
Jonathan Weiss while monitoring GPS-Ground Motion sensors in the Andean Highlands. Photo: J. Weiss.

From GPS to geodynamics - how surface measurements help understand earthquakes and Earth structure

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

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Geoscientific research of highest international standards

EGU honours two faculty members of the Institute of Geosciences

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Research area of Prof. Strecker, Andes, N-W-Argentina

Prof. Strecker: Newly elected member of the Academy of Sciences of Argentina

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/medieninformationen/detail/2021-06-01-neu-entdeckte-klima-wippe-als-antrieb-der-menschlichen-evolution
Wissenschaftliche Bohrungen im Chew-Bahir-Becken im südlichen Äthiopie

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

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Konjugierte Abschiebungen in nahezu idealer Ausrichtung zur Dehnung bilden einen kleinen Graben in miozänen Sediment-Schichten, die Erosionsprodukte aus dem Elburs-Gebirge sind.

Album der festen Erde

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

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Überblendung beider Themenbilder

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.

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Glacial Ice holds rocks and gravel – if glaciers melt, large amount of loose gravel gets accumulated in the high mountainous valleys of the Alps

Increased Risk of landslides

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

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Representation of atomic clusters formed by gold, arsenic and sulfur in arsenian pyrite

A mineral pump for gold in the Earth’s crust

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.

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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,

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2021-01-29-looking-at-smallest-atoms-to-understand-large-scale-mountain-ranges-a-welcome-to-peter-v
Peter van der Beek explains how ³HE and ⁴HE are separated and measured independently.

Looking at smallest atoms to understand large-scale Mountain ranges

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