“Space Trabi” started 25 years ago
Satellite-based research at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences began with the bowling ball-sized GFZ-1.
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Three more spin-offs from GFZ in 2019
The German Research Centre for Geosciences has seen 15 spin-offs in the past 15 years.
Experimental field "AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0" launched in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
GFZ coordinates initiative for the use of remote sensing data, funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
Earthquake in Iceland registered via fibre optic telephone cable
GFZ scientists test new method for seismic monitoring.
Minimum operation at GFZ while securing basic services
On Thursday, 19 March, the Executive Board of GFZ informed its employees that GFZ will go into "minimal operation" from Monday, 23 March.
Injection strategies are crucial for geothermal projects
Evaluation of geothermal projects and possible tremors.
How earthquakes deform gravity
Researchers at the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ in Potsdam have developed an algorithm that for the first time can describe a gravitational signal caused by earthquakes with high accuracy. Tests with data from the 2011 earthquake near…
Mushrooms are older than we thought
The first mushrooms were present 300 million years earlier than believed until now, shows a new study of which GFZ was part.
Klimawandel, Energiewende, Wissenschaftskommunikation
Jahrespressekonferenz 2020 am Deutschen GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ.
Formation of a huge underwater volcano offshore the Comoros
Seismologists of the GFZ have for the first time observed processes in the upper mantle before the formation of an enormous underwater eruption.