Further press releases from Helmholtz
14.01.2021
Wandering Icebergs
During glacial periods, icebergs from Antarctica drifted much further north than they do today. An international team led by Cardiff University and which included the AWI has now revealed how this…
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14.01.2021
Detected: Metals in the environment
New multimedia publication on the methods of HZG Environmental Chemistry
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11.01.2021
Excellently positioned to tackle the challenges of the future
HZG is introducing a new scientific organisational structure
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06.01.2021
The new face of the Antarctic
In the future, the Antarctic could become a greener place and be colonised by new species. At the same time, some species will likely disappear. 25 researchers recently presented these and many other…
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21.12.2020
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Christmas Clip from the department of Corrosion and Surface Technology
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17.12.2020
Whale Song Reveals Behavioural Patterns of Antarctic Minke Whales and Humpback Whales in the Weddell Sea
Until recently, what we knew about the lives of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean was chiefly based on research conducted during the Antarctic summer. The reason: in the winter, there were…
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14.12.2020
Back to the Roots of Antarctic Research
This year, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Neumayer Station III will be exclusively supplied by sea. The research vessel Polarstern will transport– as usual – materials and fuel to the Antarctic…
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11.12.2020
Temporal crop diversity stabilises agricultural production
Greater crop diversity is seen as a stabilising factor for food security. Yet crop diversity alone is not enough. In Nature, UFZ researchers argue that it is also essential that crops differ in their…
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09.12.2020
ERC Consolidator Grant:
HZG scientist receives top EU research funding
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07.12.2020
Central Europe: Dry Aprils pave the way for summer droughts
Researchers from the UFZ and the Alfred Wegener Institute AWI have jointly identified the causes of dry springs and describe their long-term consequences.
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07.12.2020
Central Europe: Dry Aprils pave the way for summer droughts
In the past 20 years, Central Europe has experienced six summer heat waves and droughts. Until now, however, it was unclear what factors led to these extreme events. Researchers from two Helmholtz…
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04.12.2020
World Soil Day: FAO highlights the role of soil biodiversity
New FAO report examines the potential of soil organisms in ensuring sustainable agri-food systems and mitigating climate change. 300 scientists worldwide, including UFZ ecotoxicologist Rolf…
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04.12.2020
UFZ Hydrogeologist Dr. Ute Weber in portrait
Ute Weber coordinates the development of the new Helmholtz observation system MOSES. The modular and flexible measuring system is intended to record weather extremes such as floods, heat and drought…
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01.12.2020
Watching the Arctic Thaw in Fast-forward
The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analysing an annual record of satellite images, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have now confirmed these findings:…
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26.11.2020
Federal Government supports the construction of the Research Vessel LUDWIG PRANDTL II
Unique research vessel, belonging to the Helmholtz Centre of Geesthacht, will combine future coastal research and technologies for sustainable maritime navigation
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23.11.2020
Reservoir in the Harz region at risk of reaching Italian water temperatures
Rising temperatures in Germany’s largest drinking water reservoir present new challenges for the drinking water supply. Limiting climate change and new management strategies can mitigate the effects,…
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13.11.2020
Fighting the Salmon Louse
It’s a nightmare for fish breeders, causes damage amounting to millions, and is also a growing problem for wild salmon: the salmon louse is high on the list of notorious fish parasites. In a new…
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11.11.2020
Transport Will Produce Less Air Pollution in Future
By 2040, scientists anticipate a reduction in traffic-related emissions of nitrogen oxides by around 80 percent
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28.10.2020
“Correctly classifying the strength of a storm”
Storm Monitor: Interview with Oliver Krüger
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28.10.2020
Is it just a storm or is it climate change?
New website www.storm-monitor.eu
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26.10.2020
Irregular Appearances of Glacial and Interglacial Climate States
During the last 2.6 million years of Earth’s climate has alterd between glacial and interglacial states. As such, there have been times in which the transition between the two climate states appeared…
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19.10.2020
Depths of the Weddell Sea are warming five times faster than elsewhere
Over the past three decades, the depths of the Antarctic Weddell Sea have warmed five times faster than the rest of the ocean at depths exceeding 2,000 metres. This was the main finding of an article…
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15.10.2020
The future of krill
Krill is rapidly gaining popularity. The small shrimp-like organism from the Antarctic is used as fish food in aquaculture and increasingly in dietary supplements and healing ointments. Although the…
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12.10.2020
The grand finale to the expedition of a century
After more than a year in the Central Arctic, this Monday, 12 October, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Accompanied by a ‘welcome committee’ of ships that…
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06.10.2020
Migration of contaminants to the Antarctic inland
Legacy and emerging organic pollutants detected in the Antarctic snow
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01.10.2020
Silizium zeigt Muskeln
Wissenschaftler von TU Hamburg und Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht entwickeln neue Materialkonzepte für Technik von morgen
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23.09.2020
Enhanced warming subtropical ocean is expanding the tropics
The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are the first sign that the tropics, and their warm temperatures, are apparently expanding in the wake of climate change. But until now, scientists have…
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22.09.2020
Aview from space
Workshop on satellite remote sensing in the Baltic Sea region with HZG and ESA
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17.09.2020
Model comparison: Experts calculate future ice loss and the extent to which Greenland and the Antarctic will contribute to sea-level rise
Ice-sheet models are an essential tool in making predictions regarding the future of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Nevertheless, these models still have a number of weaknesses. In an…
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