In mountain regions, water monitoring is of existential importance.

Professor Donald Bruce Dingwell has been elected a member of the Royal Society. He is the future chairman of the GFZ's Scientific Advisory Board.

Diversity Day: Diversity has many dimensions. Here, 8 people from the GFZ introduce themselves. They stand for ALL those who contribute to doing and enabling our research.

Dr Runa Antony from India is a new Humboldt Research Fellow in Section 3.5 "Interface Geochemistry".

GeSn from high pressure experiments: using methods employed in geosciences to obtain new high-tech materials - without following conventional criteria for synthesis.

The largest recorded Mediterranean earthquake and tsunami helps to understand modern hazards.

New issue "System Earth" with the cover story "Transfer" has recently been published. The current issue provides an insight into the range of knowledge and technology transfer at the GFZ.

Surprising finding: microbes primarily release methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.

One of the most important international indices of geomagnetic disturbances, the Kp index, has been given a DOI to track its worldwide use.

Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide – In active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominates