https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/geosciences-and-geography/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:03:54 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/geosciences-and-geography/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/hunted-by-neanderthals-giant-elephants-traveled-hundreds-of-kilometers-across-ice-age-europe/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:03:53 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87735 International research team analyzes prehistoric teeth of European straight-tusked elephants Fossil teeth can preserve remarkable information because tooth enamel grows slowly and records environmental data layer by layer. An international […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/severin-irl-physical-geographer/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:43:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87072 Severin Irl is passionate about islands. Since 2018, he has held the professorship for Biogeography and Biodiversity at Goethe University Frankfurt’s Faculty of Geosciences/Geography, where he researches the diversity of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/24000-times-more-harmful-to-the-climate-than-co2-goethe-university-measurements-reveal-sf6-gas-emissions-in-germany/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:38:31 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86647 Highest levels of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in Europe – German hotspot identified near Heilbronn Using measurements and advanced computer models, an international team led by researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/first-collaborative-research-centre-in-educational-sciences/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:15:23 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86542 DFG approves new Collaborative Research Centre on educational equity / Funding for three natural science CRC Transregios at Goethe University extended Goethe University is proud to announce a truly unique […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/two-erc-grants-for-goethe-university-why-sharks-become-extinct-and-how-to-study-the-dynamics-of-biomolecules/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85526 New research projects at Goethe University are investigating the reasons for the extinction of prehistoric shark species and developing a new method for analysis of large biomolecules using nuclear magnetic […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/halo-takes-a-detailed-look-at-clouds-over-the-southern-ocean/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:03:06 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85430 The German research aircraft HALO is currently being prepared for deployment in New Zealand at its home base at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen: During the „HALO-South“ mission, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/gloomy-clouds-over-the-american-scientific-sky/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:02:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=84444 A small survey among some young U.S. scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt shows: There are great fears that academic freedom in the U.S.A. could be restricted even further. Regardless of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/megalodon-the-broad-diet-of-the-megatooth-shark/ Mon, 26 May 2025 12:02:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=84128 The prehistoric predatory fish Otodus megalodon did not feed solely on other large predatory animals at the top of the food chain – zinc detected in fossils delivers clues about […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/research-and-poetry-a-scientists-unexpected-discovery-at-sea/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:38:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83557 For two months, micropaleontologist Jens Herrle sailed across the Indian Ocean, searching for traces of Earth’s distant past. But amidst the drilling and data collection, he found something unexpected – […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/5700-year-storm-archive-shows-rise-in-tropical-storms-and-hurricanes-in-the-caribbean/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:30:24 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83219 30-meter sediment core from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize provides longest recorded storm frequency data for the Atlantic A storm, even once it has passed, can leave traces in […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/tracking-climate-change-research-flights-over-the-arctic/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:51:40 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82909 The Arctic is one of the regions most affected by climate change; temperatures in this region have risen by about four times the global average in recent decades. The ASCCI […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/dust-from-asteroid-bennu-shows-building-blocks-of-life-and-possible-habitats-were-widespread-in-our-solar-system/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82363 With the OSIRIS-REx space probe, the NASA space agency succeeded in collecting some material from the surface of asteroid Bennu, which arrived on Earth in a small capsule in 2023. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-amazon-rainforest-as-a-cloud-machine-how-thunderstorms-and-plant-transpiration-produce-condensation-nuclei/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81829 Two studies with the participation of Goethe University Frankfurt, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, University of Helsinki, and Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, together with Brazilian partner institutions, shed light […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/symbiosis-in-ancient-corals/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:17:03 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81353 Analysis of nitrogen isotope reveals the earliest known evidence of photosymbiosis in corals A research team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and Goethe […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/colonial-legacy-goethe-university-frankfurt-researches-international-project-on-land-use-conflicts-in-west-africa/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:06:46 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80516 Small farmers in the southern West African states of Togo and Benin are feeling the effects of climate change: The tree savannah is seeing increasingly irregular rainfall, while sowing and […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/did-warmer-seas-lead-to-methane-release/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:33:01 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79959 Under the ocean floor, there are huge deposits of methane hydrate. The compound is unstable and can release the climate killer methane under certain conditions – such as higher water […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/worldwide-water-stress/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:42:38 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79392 How have water resources evolved during the last 120 years? What will happen if the temperature rises another two degrees by the end of the 21st century? These are the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/atmospheric-research-at-goethe-university-starting-signal-for-large-aircraft-measurement-campaign-in-the-australian-pacific/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:49:21 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=78714 In the first days of January, the HALO research aircraft will take off on the third part of the large-scale CAFÉ series of expeditions investigating oxidation processes in the atmosphere. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/habitual-change-on-changes-in-housing-and-society/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:33:32 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=77796 Society is changing and housing with it. A joint research training group of Goethe University Frankfurt and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will investigate this connection scientifically.  Goethe University Frankfurt and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/alpine-rock-reveals-dynamics-of-plate-movements-in-earths-interior/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:26:47 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=77189 Examining how plates move in Earth’s mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth’s interior and then returned from there can […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/study-of-asteroid-bennu-goethe-university-frankfurt-inaugurates-schwiete-cosmolab/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:01:54 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=76663 On September 24, a material sample from one of the most primordial objects in our solar system arrived on Earth: While on flyby, a NASA spacecraft dropped a capsule containing […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/growth-of-coral-reefs-likely-cannot-keep-pace-with-rising-sea-level/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:43:04 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=75125 In identifying and dating coral remains in drill cores taken from Belize reefs, a team of experts from Goethe University Frankfurt and partners from Germany, the USA and Canada has […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/goethe-university-frankfurts-new-measuring-device-halogenated-greenhouse-gases-are-also-emitted-in-germany/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:29:47 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=73501 Like carbon dioxide, many gaseous substances containing halogens such as chlorine or fluorine contribute to the greenhouse effect. Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt have now put a measuring device into […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/four-early-career-researchers-honored-with-2023-frankfurt-prize-for-environment-and-sustainability/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:13:07 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=73313 Award recognizes work in the field of environmental and socio-ecological sustainability research at Goethe University Frankfurt. This year’s „Frankfurter Preis für Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit 2023” [Frankfurt Prize for Environment and […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/spotlight-on-outstanding-university-teaching/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:35:43 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72928 This year’s winners of the 1822 University Prize for Excellent Teaching are dentist PD Dr. Puria Parvini; Dr. Bianca Bertulat, coordinator of a Goethe orientation study program; and Prof. David […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/scientific-expertise-in-physics-and-geosciences/ Wed, 03 May 2023 14:10:34 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=70913 The Heraeus Foundation Visiting Professorship at Goethe University Since 2015 Goethe University has been awarding the title Heraeus Visiting Professor to scientists of international renown in physics and related interdisciplinary […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/analysis-of-dinosaur-eggshells-bird-like-troodon-laid-4-to-6-eggs-in-a-communal-nest/ Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:05:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=70270 An international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, determined that Troodon, a dinosaur very close to modern birds, was a warm-blooded animal (an endotherm), but had a reproductive […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/climate-change-and-groundwater/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:00:43 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=69904 In March 2023, the United Nations convened its first Water Conference in 46 years. There is a dire need for action: as a result of climate change, water is threatening […]]]>