This is shown by a study in Science based on a worldwide Citizen Science project on light pollution that has collected data over the last eleven years.

Alina Shevchenko and Jeffrey Paulo Perez have received the scholarships of the GFZ Discovery Fund.

The GFZ satellite receiving station in Ny-Ålesund (Spitsbergen) was upgraded to receive data in X-band. In X-band, significantly higher bandwidths are available for data transmissions.

In focus: Research on the energy supply of the future and satellite-based climate and environmental monitoring

Ancient sediments have recorded the cooling of the solid Earth. This is shown by the analysis of oxygen isotopes. According to this, the early oceans were not as hot as previously thought.

Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger at the GFZ: During her visit to the Potsdam Telegrafenberg, she learned about climate-relevant geo research.

Harald Schuh is recipient of the 2022 “Ivan I. Mueller Award for Distinguished Service and Leadership” of the Geodesy Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

As of 1 January 2023, the IASS has been renamed as the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) and embedded into the administrative structures of GFZ.

GFZ position on the Leopoldina Report "Earth System Science", which calls for the geosciences to be modernised and shaped in future by the guiding idea of Earth system science.

Important signal for the expansion of deep geothermal energy:GFZ welcomes consultation process of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and identifies important fields of action