Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences (also referred to as Geosciences), which deals with basic issues surrounding our planet, plays a vital role in the area of energy and raw materials supply.

Earth Sciences comprises subjects such as geology, geography, geological informatics, paleontology, mineralogy, petrography, crystallography, geophysics, geodesy, glaciology, cartography, photogrammetry, meteorology and seismology, early-warning systems, earthquake research and polar research.

Research icebreaker Polarstern begins the Antarctic season

On Saturday, 10 November 2018, the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport of Bremerhaven, bound for Cape Town, South Africa.

Far fewer lakes below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet than previously believed

In the course of an extensive Antarctic expedition, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research recently…

Punctuated earthquakes for New Madrid area: New research uncovers cluster of past events

In 1811 and 1812, the region around New Madrid, Missouri, experienced a number of major earthquakes. The final and largest earthquake in this sequence occurred…

INFACT has launched first trials of innovative, non-invasive mineral exploration technologies

In its recently published action plan for batteries which identifies EU sources for the minerals required to produce batteries, the European Commission has…

Micro-earthquakes preceding a 4.2 earthquake near Istanbul as early warning signs?

In a new study, led by Peter Malin and Marco Bohnhoff of the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, the authors report on the observation of foreshocks…

NASA's CloudSat gets a slice of Typhoon Yutu's eye

CloudSat flew over the eye of Typhoon Yutu on October 28, 2018 at 12:58 a.m. EDT (0458 UTC) as the storm was approaching the Philippines in the Western North…

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