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Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars
Image of the Day is a popular section of the US space agency NASA's website – not only on its astronomy pages (such as here), but also on the NASA Earth Observatory page focused on Earth research. The selected satellite image is always accompanied by expert...
Exhibition Opening 24. 2. – Anna Banytiuk: I Carry My Home With Me
You are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition Anna Banytiuk: I Carry My Home With Me. The opening will take place on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 5:00 PM in the lecture hall of the Institute of Geophysics. Anna Banytiuk (*2001, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a...
Seminar 5. 2. 2026 15:00 – Max Moorkamp (Technische Universität Berlin)
We would like to invite you to the continuation of the seminar series “The Dynamic Planet Earth.” Max Moorkamp (Technische Universität Berlin) Volcanoes, tectonic plates and all the rest: Understanding the subsurface of the Earth with multi-physics imaging Date:...
Earthquakes act as carbon ‘capacitors’
Earthquakes and the resultant landslides can potentially increase the rate of carbon export from mountainous regions by eroding organic carbon stored in hillslope soils and transporting it to rivers. The 2008 Mw7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake generated the largest volume of...