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.

Scientists discover compounds that could have helped to start life on Earth

Compounds discovered on the shores of the Dead Sea. Phosphorus is an element essential for life. It is fundamental to all living organisms, and is a key component of RNA,…

Back to the Roots of Antarctic Research

Overwintering team sails with Polarstern to the Antarctic Neumayer Station III This year, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Neumayer Station III has been exclusively supplied by sea. The research vessel Polarstern…

Bacteria release climate-damaging carbon from thawing permafrost

Researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Bristol show that iron minerals fail to trap the organic carbon; vast source of CO2 and methane not included in global warming forecasts….

The natural ‘Himalayan aerosol factory’ can affect climate

Large amounts of new particles can form in the valleys of the Himalayas from naturally emitted gases and can be transported to high altitudes by the mountain winds and injected…

Rochester researchers uncover key clues about the solar system’s history

New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and the origin of Earth as a habitable planet. In a new paper published in the…

How hot is too hot for life deep below the ocean floor?

Publication in Science: International team researches the limits of life At what depth beneath the seabed does it become so hot that microbial life is no longer possible? This question…

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