Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: What is the German Research Foundation doing?

Over 30,000 funded projects and an annual budget of 3.9 billion euros:...

Photo worth seeing: Can the value of the earthworm be quantified?

How much do the world's earthworms contribute to agricultural yields? The results of a quantitative study on this question are impressive... more Looking into the...

Photo worth seeing: AI for teaching the future

How could artificial intelligence promote learning? In the EdTech Lab at the...

Wind causes snowflakes to shrink and grow

In Antarctica, the wind transports enormous amounts of snow and thus influences the water balance in this zone, which is important for the global...

Photo worth seeing: Digital fingerprints for art

An innovative app can now be used to check the authenticity of...

Photo worth seeing: Roman art among the Germanic peoples

The State Museum of Prehistory in Halle presents ancient agate artifacts that...

Tourism causes rapidly increasing CO2 emissions

CO2 emissions from the tourism industry have increased twice as fast as global CO2 emissions as a whole. © Tourism Emissions Project Team/University of...

Decreased albedo causes rapid global warming

High clouds and clear skies can increase warming. However, the same also applies to the loss of the low cloud layers. © Alfred Wegener...

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