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.

On the trail of global climate change

– volcanism as a driver of the climate in the “Carnic crisis”. New research on the so-called ‘Carnian Crisis’ by a team led by Alexander Lukeneder, palaeontologist at the Natural…

Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide

Sudden onset of drying is a rising problem, particularly acute in South America and southern Africa. But in high mountain regions of Central Asia, climate change has instead brought more…

‘Vigorous melting’ at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Satellite radar data show kilometer-scale seawater intrusion, causing ice to rise and fall. A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar…

Iron-sulfur minerals bear witness to earliest life on earth

Spherical pyrite from black smokers puts Tübingen and Göttingen researchers on the trail of the first microbes that lived billions of years ago. A team of researchers at the Universities…

NASA selects UF mission to better track the Earth’s water and ice

NASA has selected a team of University of Florida aerospace engineers to pursue a groundbreaking $12 million mission aimed at improving the way we track changes in Earth’s structures, such…

AI – Avalanche Intelligence at the SLF

Machine-trained algorithms assess the current avalanche situation in a similar way to humans – with different approaches, strengths and weaknesses. This text has been translated automatically. Forecast for Saturday, February…

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