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.

Soils in Swiss nature reserves contain significant quantities of microplastics

The images of oceans and inland lakes polluted with microplastics are not new. In contrast, it is almost unknown that even soils are contaminated with…

Climate change in a warmer-than-modern world: New findings of Kiel Researchers

Researchers from Kiel University together with colleagues from the USA and Brazil investigated the climate behavior nine to five million years ago, when polar…

AWI researchers measure a record concentration of microplastic in arctic sea ice

Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have recently found higher amounts of microplastic in arctic sea…

Tiny microenvironments in the ocean hold clues to global nitrogen cycle

According to new research by Thomas Weber, an assistant professor of Earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester, small microenvironments…

Clear as mud: Desiccation cracks help reveal the shape of water on Mars

As Curiosity rover marches across Mars, the red planet's watery past comes into clearer focus.

Hurricane Harvey: Dutch-Texan research shows most fatalities occurred outside flood zones

“It was surprising to me that so many fatalities occurred outside the flood zones,” says Sebastiaan Jonkman, a professor at Delft’s Hydraulic Engineering…

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