This is shown by analysing data from the GRACE/GRACE-FO satellite missions. Depending on the evaluation method, the results vary considerably.

The physical processes within and on submerging oceanic plates are to be better understood, because they cause the largest earthquakes worldwide.

Messages of affected people about the "felt intensity" of a quake can help in early disaster management after only 10 minutes.

Satellite time series and reanalysis climate data show how agricultural expansion and intensification are reducing water storage Iran-wide.

This is shown by isotope analyses of tree rings throughout Europe, which thus prove to be a unique tool for climate research.

AI methods decipher possible harbingers of larger quakes in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul

This is shown for the first time by the examination of blue-green algae DNA on sediments from a lake in Mecklenburg.

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.

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

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.