Fault roughness and stress heterogeneity control induced seismicity. This is important for hydraulic stimulation in reservoirs.

The GFZ mourns the loss of its former Administrative Executive Director, Dr Bernhard Raiser, who passed away on 28 December 2023 at the age of 77.

Susanne Buiter is Vice President of the Helmholtz Association for the research field "Earth and Environment" for the next two years

GFZ hydrologists Bruno Merz and Sergiy Vorogushyn provide information on the causes and challenges of flood protection and risk management.

The European Geoscience Union honours Claudio Faccenna, Anne Glerum and Sarah Incel for their GFZ projects and their achievements in the geosciences.

On the basis of a superconducting gravimeter, the international research project aims to investigate the Alpine water balance with the Zugspitze as an example.

The head of Section 3.5 Interface Geochemistry was re-elected to the Review Board for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. She is the only representative of the GFZ in these DFG boards.

Tree rings show record air dryness. This is shown by oxygen isotope analyses throughout Europe.

PD Dr. Wolfgang zu Castell was elected to the Administrative Committee of the German National Research and Education Network (DFN).

19.12.2023: Eruption with slow-flowing lava streams southwest of the Icelandic capital Reykjavík