Dirk Sachse, who conducts research at the GFZ in Section 4.6 Geomorphology, has been appointed Professor of Organic Geochemistry of the Earth Surface System at the HU Berlin.

We welcomed eleven new faces to the German Research Centre for Geosciences on 1 September. The GFZ wishes all new arrivals a joyful start to this new phase of their lives!

Dr Joseph Magnall receives the Waldemar Lindgren Award for his publications on the formation processes of zinc deposits.

Interview │Hydrologist Dr Poulomi Ganguli identifies flood hotspots in India and explores sequential natural hazards, especially extreme heatwaves and heavy rainfall events.

In July 2023, Kai Deng started his Humboldt Research Fellowship for PostDocs in Section 3.3 Earth Surface Geochemistry, focussing on geological regulations of the Earth's climate. Welcome!

The renowned geochemist Xiao-Ming Liu is a guest in Section 3.3 Earth Surface Geochemistry for 2 months with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Hayley Allison from section 2.7 Space Physics and Space Weather receives the prestigious Karl Scheel-Prize of the Berlin Physical Society for her work on radiation belt electrons.

Jannes Münchmeyer formerly Section 2.4 Seismology, now PostDoc at the Université Grenoble, received the Helmholtz Doctoral Award for his outstanding thesis on earthquake early warning. Interview.

Theresa Hennig was awarded the “University Society Prize for the Outstanding PhD 2022” at the central graduation ceremony of the University of Potsdam.

Political scientist Doris Fuchs will be the new Director at the Research Institute for Sustainability. She will form a dual leadership together with Mark Lawrence.

The new issue of the GFZ journal "System Earth" shows some of the important contributions of the geosciences to the topic of water.

Dirk Sachse, who conducts research at the GFZ in Section 4.6 Geomorphology, has been appointed Professor of Organic Geochemistry of the Earth Surface System at the HU Berlin.

We welcomed eleven new faces to the German Research Centre for Geosciences on 1 September. The GFZ wishes all new arrivals a joyful start to this new phase of their lives!

Dr Joseph Magnall receives the Waldemar Lindgren Award for his publications on the formation processes of zinc deposits.

According to the global seismological network GEOFON of the GFZ, a severe earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred in the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco on 8.9.2023 (local time).

Eintauchen in die Welt der Wissenschaft – In unserer neuen Vortragsreihe »Mission Wissen« präsentieren Ihnen Expert*innen aus unterschiedlichen Themenfeldern einmal im Monat neueste Erkenntnisse aus d

Counting lights for science: The research project Nachtlicht-BüHNE is looking for interested people to become Citizen Scientists in Sept & Oct to record the use of light in their surroundings via app

(German Only) Interview: Podcast "Inside Copernicus - Europas Blick auf die Erde" ("Inside Copernicus - Europe's View of the Earth") with Seraphine Luneau (DLR)

"Broadening horizons" is the motto of the exchange programmes of the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy (HIDA). The Academy is now funding nine research stays with GFZ participation.