Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences (also referred to as Geosciences), which deals with basic issues surrounding our planet, plays a vital role in the area of energy and raw materials supply.

Earth Sciences comprises subjects such as geology, geography, geological informatics, paleontology, mineralogy, petrography, crystallography, geophysics, geodesy, glaciology, cartography, photogrammetry, meteorology and seismology, early-warning systems, earthquake research and polar research.

New yttrium-hydrogen compounds discovered

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have made a significant scientific breakthrough by discovering new yttrium-hydrogen compounds having serious implications for the research on high-pressure superconductivity. High-pressure superconductivity refers to…

It won’t be as cold as it used to be

SLF climatologist Christoph Marty joins us for an interview to explain why it can snow even in mild winters as well as the difference between the winters of 2022/23 and…

Research on a rope

SLF physicist Lars Mewes is investigating snow crystals’ direction of growth and analysing snow profiles on the Jungfraufirn Glacier. His work is part of a collaboration with other institutions, which…

The snow has to be CT scanned

Having returned from Antarctica, SLF technician Matthias Jaggi talks about new insights into snowpack structure, future work to refine climate models using the samples collected, a personal career highlight –…

Boulder detection for monopile foundations

…and submarine cables in the Baltic Sea for Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm. The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES has conducted a boulder detection campaign in the Baltic…

80 mph speed record for glacier fracture

…helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse. There’s enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet. What will…

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