Torsten Sachs, working group leader in GFZ Section 1.4 Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, is appointed professor at TU Braunschweig.
The report "State of Global Water Resources 2022" by the World Meteorological Organization WMO has recently been published. It contains important contributions from the GFZ.
The scientist form the section 4.4 hydrology at the German Research Centre for Geosciences was re-elected as President of the EGU Division on Natural Hazards for the coming 2025-2027 term of office.
42 kilometres: This is the average thickness of the Earth's continental crust, but why is that so? What does this mean for plate tectonics?
The guest researcher from Section 2.6 received the 20,000 euro award for his Nature publication on the risks of landslides due to climate change and urban sprawl. Call for 2024 started.
Leandra Weydt (r.) and Lena Muhl (l.), who are both conducting research as part of GFZ projects, were honoured at the German Geothermal Congress.
The demonstration mission is intended to show what this type of small satellite can do. GNSS reflectometry measurements can very accurately display sea, glacier ice and wave heights.
Olaf Scholz, as a member of the Bundestag, and Brandenburg's Science Minister Manja Schüle visited the GFZ, PIK and DiGOS to discuss geothermal energy, hydrogen storage and the energy transition.
Christopher Kyba's publication on light pollution is voted first place in the "Wissen der Vielen – Forschungspreis für Citizen Science" and receives prize money
Sascha Brune, Head of Section 2.5 Geodynamic Modelling, is appointed Professor of Tectonophysics at the University of Potsdam with effect from 01.12.2023.