All: GFZ

11/14/2023

Autumn School 2023: Africa in the focus

The Autumn School will take place for the 21st time on 13 and 14 November - with over 70 participants. The title of this year's teacher training programme: "Africa - A continent in the focus of geosci

As the outer casing of the seismometer is transparent, you can see the inner elements. The seismometer is a little narrower than the pencil next to it for size comparison.

11/14/2023

Seismometers for Ukraine

The GFZ is setting up a temporary seismic network in Ukraine. For this purpose, three special seismometers that can be used by laypersons have been installed in Ukraine. Twenty more are to follow.

World map in the centre, around it many little picture of people in front a computer (video conference)

11/08/2023

Celebrating One Year of EnMAP in Operation: 1st EnMAP User Workshop

One year of EnMAP @Work: the environmental satellite reliably delivers high-quality data. 430 participants from 20 countries, from research, companies and authorities met for the 1st user workshop.

The Delegations in the Historic Library on the Telegrafenberg. In the back there are from left to right, the Dutch Ambassador for Germany, Ronald van Roeden, the Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf and the scientific director of the GFZ, Susanne Buiter.

11/07/2023

Dutch Minister for Research visits the GFZ

The Minister of Research and the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Robbert Dijkgraaf and Ronald van Roeden, visited the GFZ for an exchange on talent development and diversity in science.

from left to right: Begona Fernanda Parraguez Landaeta; Francisco Ulloa; H.E. Magdalena Atria; Prof. Dr. Susanne Buiter; Diego Medina Caro; Dr. Ludwig Stroink; Dr. Pia Victor; Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner

11/07/2023

Chilean ambassador for talks at the GFZ

The Chilean Ambassador Magdalena Atria visited the GFZ to discuss German-Chilean projects with young scientists and to deepen cooperation.

Portrait of Susanne Glaser: Woman with long blonde hair in a petrol-coloured jacket in front of a golden wall.

11/03/2023

W3 professorship at the University of Bonn for Susanne Glaser

Susanne Glaser has taken over the W3-Professorship “Space Geodetic Techniques” at the University of Bonn on 1 September 2023 and left the GFZ. She talks about her research in a recent DFG video.

Scene in the geomechanical high-pressure laboratory: metal frame with metal containers, cables, measuring instruments and a press.

11/02/2023

Machine learning helps detect precursor phenomena of earthquakes

Machine learning helps detect precursor phenomena of earthquakes: A new lab-study provides encouraging results for “time to quake” prediction.

In the background: The drilling tower made of metal struts. Next to it, crane equipment. In the foreground, pipe rods.

11/02/2023

Geothermal research project starts at KTB deep laboratory

Hydraulic stimulation in hot rock - Unique conditions for real-time monitoring of experiment at a depth of four kilometers

Landscape in northern Australia: Dark brown, layered rocks in the foreground on the left, view of a wide grassy landscape on the right.

10/26/2023

Fossil lipids as biomarkers for oxygen-producing primordial bacteria

Genetic methods provide important basis for decoding the evolutionary history of life on Earth

On the left, a man in portrait in a silver protective suit in front of a grey mountain. On the right, a man in a portrait by the water in front of a smoking volcano.

10/26/2023

Two of the highest EU research awards for the GFZ

Two of the highest EU research awards for the GFZ: With ERC-Synergy Grants, Thomas Walter (r.) will research internal “rotting” of volcanoes & Jens Kallmeyer (l.) metabolism of primordial microbes.