Four people stand in the lecture hall with their backs to the audience. Niels Hovius and Susanne Buiter hold their bouquets.

Inauguration ceremony of the new GFZ Executive Director Susanne Buiter

Ceremonial inauguration of the new GFZ Executive Director Susanne Buiter by the Chair of the Board of Trustees Oda Keppler, Helmholtz President Otmar Wiestler and Interim Executive Director Niels Hovius.

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Early warning system for dams at risk

Erosion processes, material fatigue or earthquakes threaten the stability of dams throughout the world. A German-Kyrgyz research team is developing an innovative early warning system.

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VARDA: New database for looking into Earth's past climates, one layer at a time

New VARDA database as a unique tool for paleoclimatologists to synchronize climate records from annually deposited sediments in lakes around the world.

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Influence of Lithosphere Rheology on Seismicity

The lithosphere of the Rhine Graben: is there a causative relationship between modelled mechanical stability and natural seismicity distribution?

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You only experience this once

Torsten Sachs has returned safely after spending nearly half a year within the northern polar circle on board the “Polarstern”.

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New satellite data show severity of drought summers in 2018 and 2019

Measurements by the GRACE-FO satellite mission show a decline in water storage in Central Europe by up to 94 percent compared with seasonal fluctuations.

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Report | First Machine Learning Hackathon at GFZ Potsdam

Assessing mineral concentrations of soil and predicting „earthquakes" in laboratory experiments were the focus of the first Machine Learning Hackathon at GFZ.

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Report | Measuring groundwater worldwide with GRACE and GRACE-FO

Kick-off of the Horizon 2020 project G3P for the satellite-based measurement of the global groundwater distribution.

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Report | A unique opportunity for researchers

Torsten Sachs is part of the Arctic Expedition 'MOSAiC'. On the research vessel "Polarstern", frozen in the Arctic ice, he is drifting towards the North Pole.

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