First conference for research software in Germany
After the success of the first three international conferences of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) in Great Britain, the first conference in... [mehr]
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
First detection of rain over the ocean by navigation satellites
In order to analyse climate change or provide information on natural hazards, for example, it is important for researchers to gather knowledge... [mehr]
Why Tehran Is Sinking Dangerously
Iran has a water problem. The reserves in many groundwater basins there have been severely depleted. For the last forty years, the country has... [mehr]
Searching for clues on extreme climate change
The remains of a buried pine forest at the foot of Mont Saint Genis in Southern France yield insightful information on a drastic climate change... [mehr]
What does global climate have to do with erosion rates? Not so much, say scientists
The basic ideas sound convincing: Faster erosion rates can lead to faster silicate weathering and efficient burial of organic carbon in... [mehr]
Small earthquakes caused by migrating gasses in the underground
The metropolitan area of Istanbul with around 15 million inhabitants is considered to be particularly earthquake-prone. In order to be able to... [mehr]
The South Atlantic Anomaly is probably not an evidence of a reversing Earth’s magnetic field
- Earth‘s magnetic field serves as a shield against hazardous radiation from space, especially the Sun’s charged particle flux. Since 1840,... [mehr]
The strange behavior of animals before Earthquakes
Can animals warn about earthquakes? This question has been argued for decades. On the one hand there are numerous reports of chickens, sheep or... [mehr]
Gas hydrate research: Advanced knowledge and new technologies
Gas hydrates are ice-like compounds of water molecules with gases such as methane. They occur in large quantities in the continental slopes of... [mehr]