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Apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Trauth (left) and his students. Photo: Karla Fritze.

“You can do more with Legos” – What do plastic building blocks have to do with a university course?

A practical course with Martin Trauth is packed with high-tech: infrared and ultrasound sensors, gyroscopes, magnetometers, multispectral cameras – …
President Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. (University of Potsdam), Rector Carlos Ruta (UNSAM) and Minister of Science Dr. Martina Münch (from left to right) (Photo: Pablo Carrera Oser).

Minister Münch and University President Günther Return from Argentina with Specific Project Ideas

Martina Münch, Brandenburg’s Minister for Science, Research and Culture, and Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D., President of the University of Potsdam, …
Prof. Dr. Ariane Walz. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Nature Conservation from Space – Researchers develop new methods for monitoring protected areas

Earth is being increasingly observed, measured, and photographed. Satellites orbiting our planet at altitudes of hundreds to a thousand kilometers are …
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. …
Potsdam Summer School participants in 2016. Image: IASS/Pierro Chiussi.

Potsdam Summer School Explores the Future of Cities – International exchange on the sustainability of human environments

Potsdam, 28.08.2017. The rapid pace of change around the world is presenting humankind and human environments with tremendous challenges. What …
Prof. Dr. Michael Hofreiter. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Fishing for DNA – A drilling core reveals the history of an entire ecosystem

How wild horses and chickens were bred thousands of years ago, which species were closely related to the long-extinct European straight-tusked …

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 dynamics of earth’s surface are revealed in impressive ways in high mountain valleys, as here in the central Himalaya: meltwater and rainwater constantly reshape the landscape. (Source: B. Bookhagen)

Moving Surfaces – University of Potsdam applies for Cluster of Excellence at the Interface between the Geosciences, Biology and Climate Research

The University of Potsdam was the only academic institution in Brandenburg to apply  for a cluster of excellence in the framework of Germany’s federal …
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 …