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Zahájení výstavy 6. 5. – Dagmar Šubrtová: Jedno jako vše
Srdečně Vás zveme na zahájení výstavy Dagmar Šubrtové, sochařky, malířky a kurátorky: Jedno jako vše ve středu 6. 5. 2026 od 17:00 v přednáškovém sále Geofyzikálního ústavu. Autorka se ve svých obrazech soustředí na místa s průmyslovou minulostí a pro některá svá...
Climate change in High Mountain Asia
The Himalayas is a global hotspot for landsliding that is also highly sensitive to the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Shifting patterns of precipitation and temperature are amplified in high mountain regions like nowhere else on Earth, as glaciers retreat...
When Water Boils and Freezes at the Same Time: A Recipe for Strange Icy Landscapes in the Solar System
When you put puff dough in the oven, the water inside turns into steam, which breathes through its greased layers and creates a delicate, flaky structure. On icy bodies across the Solar System, a somewhat similar process—though without butter and under extremely low...
Postdoctoral researcher position in complex systems and volcanology
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on a project funded by the Czech Science foundation which objective is to use a complex system approach to model magmatic systems. The project involves building a database of the characteristics of magmatic systems,...