06.10.2015: On the annual meeting of the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV) during the GeoBerlin2015, Prof. Dr. Onno Oncken was honored with the Gustav Steinmann Medal, commending his excellent scientific…
Wann wird aus einem Naturereignis eine Naturkatastrophe? Aus Sicht menschlicher Gesellschaften dann, wenn hohe Opferzahlen und große Infrastrukturschäden zu beklagen sind. Durch einen verbesserten Umgang mit Naturgefahren wäre es wohl dank…
01.10.2015: Dr. Werner Köckeritz joins GFZ as Chief Information Officer (CIO). A main goal of this newly created position that is directly reporting to the Executive Board is a future-oriented adjustment of the information and communication…
01.10.2015: Prof. Monika Koch-Müller will be new Head of GFZ-section Chemistry and Physics of Earth Materials, starting on 1 October, succeeding Prof. Wilhelm Heinrich at an early date.
Das Gelände des Telegrafenbergs in Potsdam schaut auf eine lange und bedeutende geowissenschaftliche Tradition zurück. Seit fast 140 Jahren wird hier geforscht: Hier steht die Wiege der wissenschaftlichen Geodäsie, der Seismologie und der…
10.09.2015: On the recommendation of the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Mr. Michael Roth (MdB), Dr. Jörn Lauterjung, Director of the Technology Transfer Centres, Scientific Infrastructures and Platforms at the GFZ, has been…
Dr. Elisabeth Dietze and Dr. Michael Dietze work as geographers at GFZ sections „Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution“ and „Geomorphology“, respectively. They made available an algorithm for endmember-modeling of grain sizes – EMMAgeo – via open…
01.09.2015: Starting on September 1, Professor Achim Brauer is new head of GFZ department "Geomorphology, Hydrology and Paleoclimatology". He is inheriting this office from Professor Bruno Merz.
21.08.2015| Stephan Sobolev, head of the “Geodynamic Modeling” Section, has accepted a call for W3 Professorship in Geodynamics as joint appointment of University Potsdam with GFZ.
29.12.2014: German cities emit several times less light per capita than comparably sized American cities, according to a recent publication in the journal Remote Sensing. The size of the gap grew with city size, as light per capita increased with…