It's Pride Month, and we are overjoyed to share a video series with you featuring our LGBTQIA+ professionals & allies in STEM. Thanks to all for taking part and a special thanks to Katia Jasbinschek Pinheiro for camera, direction, and editing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Qf...

„It was a shock for us in the geosciences,” recalls a colleague, who models tsunamis at the GFZ. “Theoretically, we knew that such severe quakes could occur, but the extent of the rupture zone over more than 1,000 kilometres and the devastating floods in particular took us all by surprise.” 👇🏻

A satellite that comprehends the Earth! 🌍 With EnMAP, Helmholtz (@dlr-en.bsky.social, @gfz.bsky.social) makes environmental changes visible – accurately and globally. From climate effects to soil quality and water: EnMAP delivers the crucial data we need. 🔗 Discover more: t1p.de/knmok #Helmholtz30

The 2004 tsunami showed us the urgent need for an early warning system. @gfz.bsky.social, in collaboration with @dlr-en.bsky.social, @geomarkiel.bsky.social, @awi.de and Hereon, created GITEWS – now known as InaTEWS. And the research goes on. 🔗 Learn more about it here: t1p.de/43v62 #Helmholtz30

My @rwth.bsky.social colleague @activefaults.bsky.social ! English version accesible through the link below

Climate knowledge needs to make an impact where it matters most: In politics. In society. @helmholtzklima.bsky.social brings together research & decision-makers – with a focus on facts, transparency, and open dialogue. Discover more here: t1p.de/snpci #Helmholtz30

For our international friends: Today we had the pleasure of hosting Annalena Baerbock, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for the Potsdam constituency. She had helped us secure funding for the restoration of the historic Helmert Tower. Background: www.gfz.de/en/press/new...

🎉 Public Voting Now OPEN – #HelmholtzImaging Best Scientific Image Contest 2025 Choose your favorite(s) & cast your vote by May 30 👉 bit.ly/BSIC2025-Public-Voting The award recipients will be announced at our conference on June 26. #HIBestImage25 #HIConference25 @www.helmholtz.de

Registration for GeoMod 2025 is now open. To check all the relevant info and to submit your abstract, go to geomod2025.com The deadline for Abstract Submission is the 31st of May! If you wish to register now, go to eventbase.pt/EventBase/In... See you soon in Lisbon!

Much enjoying the presentations today by the Doctoral Candidates in the @talents-dn.bsky.social network. So much already achieved in just a year! Check the posts by @derekkeir.bsky.social to see all Doctoral Candidates

Morgen schon was vor? Wer in der Nähe von #Potsdam ist, ist herzlich eingeladen, zum Potsdamer Tag der Wissenschaften #PTdW25 zu kommen. Wir sind auch dort: www.gfz.de/presse/meldu...

If you are asking what kind of science we can afford, you've got it wrong. It's the other way round: What kind of ignorance & data gaps do we want to accept? Read how political intervention in the US jeopardises science & data by @susannebuiter.bsky.social 👇 www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/...

Great Debate 8 at #EGU25 "Publish or Perish in the Open Access Era" bringing up the 'vicious' cycle of publishing. Looking forward to the discussions this morning @egu.eu

Solid Earth is 15 years! Come celebrate with us at #egu25 on Thursday 1 May 2025 18:00-19:00 at Coffee spot X3 (at -2.21). Lotte, Florian and me will be happy to answer any questions on publishing in our open access journal and most of all of course to celebrate! @egu.eu & Copernicus Publications

#Train2EGU! Much enjoying the train journey Berlin-Vienna with many @gfz.bsky.social colleagues on our way to #egu25! @egu.eu #GreenEGU

Series of strong earthquakes shake Istanbul region. We recorded the strongest shock with a magnitude of 6.2 this morning, the strongest in 25 years. Read more here: www.gfz.de/en/press/new...

This #EarthDay EGU joins our siblings and friends around the world to make a single statement, to continue to work towards a just and sustainable future, powered by transparent scientific research, conducted by our diverse scientific communities. #EarthDay2025

"Make better use of the underground" is the encouragement of @gfz.bsky.social following the @dvgeo.bsky.social position paper "Emerging Fields in the Geosciences" emphasising the vital role of the #geosciences in addressing the urgent challenges of our time. Link: e-docs.geo-leo.de/entities/pub...

We have updated our webpage with our latest findings for the Myanmar earthquake from March 28, 2025. We also have preliminary results from satellite images showing the ground movements. Several of our colleagues were working on some quick results which may be updated 1/6 www.gfz.de/presse/meldu...

Very bad news from #Myanmar where a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the region near Mandalay. For a comparison: This is the about the same strength as the devastating quakes in Türkiye and Syria in 2023. We will update our pages for more information soon. www.gfz.de/en/press/ear...

Hier ist Helmholtz KLIMA, die Dialog-Plattform der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft @www.helmholtz.de. Give them a follow!

And of course, there’s an English version as well for our Q&A about #Santorini 👉🏻 www.gfz.de/en/press/new...

GeoMOD 2025 is now open for pre-registration. Visit geomod2025.com and learn about the program, cost estimates, and important dates. We hope to see you in Lisbon in September! #geomod #geomod2025 #geodynamicmodelling #geology #tectonics #geodynamics #IDL-LA #tectonicmodelling #fcul #ciencias

We have a new logo and a new name. To make it easier to spell and get the German name more aligned with the English one: GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung | GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences. Happy New Year to all of our followers and friends 🍀

OTD twenty years ago the 3rd strongest earthquake ever recorded by seismometers struck offshore the island of Sumatra. A tsunami followed killing more than 200,000 people. In the aftermath we helped develop a tsunami warning system for the region. Read more here: www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/new...

We hold a different kind of workshop at @gfz.bsky.social today discussing how to communicate #geology behind natural disasters as #earthquakes. The professionalism required for media communication can be hard personally during large casualty events. With @jbirken.bsky.social @fischblog.bsky.social

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Yesterday, we had an inspiring debate on “Natural Hazards & Climate Change” at the #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit24 in Berlin! With our Scientific Director @susannebuiter.bsky.social, GFZ earthquake expert Marco Bohnhoff, Andreas Märkert (Hannover Re/Insurance) & MdB Thomas Heilmann (CDU, KlimaUnion).

Very happy to announce that @gfz.bsky.social has now joined the “Declaration on Research Assessment” DORA, @dorassessment.bsky.social More on why we joined and a sneak preview to our intention to sign #CoARA in Spring 2025 in the press release at this link: www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/new...

⚒️ the 20th anniversary of CAIAG - Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences - celebrates #geoscience collaborations in Central Asia, a tectonically fascinating region where impacts of #climate change are pronounced. @gfz.bsky.social is looking forward to the next 20 years of joint research!

#MinCup24 ⚒️🧪🖖🏼 geology #WomenInStem After a hard-fought, record-breaking battle, the winner of Mineral Cup 2024 is Rhodochrosite! The light-hearted campaign brought home the bacon, and it couldn’t have been more tasty. Kudos to #TeamKyanite; well done! More to follow this post.

@talents-dn.bsky.social kick-off meeting is bringing our 12 doctoral candidates to the lovely rift tectonics and geomorphology of the Gulf of Corinth. In the back of the photo is the Platanos Gilbert delta, illustrating uplift with minimum of 1.1 mm/yr

#MinCup24 ROUND 1 MATCH 1: Kaolinite vs Abelsonite www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r1... It’s the many-times-returning classic clay going against a quirky newcomer of mysterious origins. Go on, learn, share, & VOTE!

@gfz.bsky.social, TIIAME in Tashkent, and partners today organise the 7th Tashkent Water Security Lectures in the wonderful Embassy of Uzbekistan in Berlin. Water Security is a pressing issue, but the message of collaboration across borders is a hopeful one

Got the wonderful opportunity to see again the Boccheggiano Fault and show it to @susannebuiter.bsky.social , Florian Fusseis and their wonderful Aachen class! Hope you all had a safe return home! #geoscientists #fieldtrip #fieldwork #geology ⚒️

Happy Birthday, Grundgesetz! Unser GG wird 75 und wir gratulieren. Denn: Wissenschaft braucht Freiheit. Und das GG ist der Garant dafür. Das Foto zeigt unsere Wissenschaftliche Vorständin @susannebuiter.bsky.social #WissenschaftinFreiheit

Hochwasservorhersage verbessern: Gemeinsam mit Kolleg:innen unseres Schwesterzentrums UFZ haben unsere Forschenden ein Vorhersagemodell entwickelt, das nicht nur Wasserstände an Pegeln, sondern auch dynamische hochaufgelöste Überflutungskarten rasch bereitstellt. www.gfz-potsdam.de/presse/meldu...

Fünf Follower Fun Fact Fact 1: Wer @realscide.bsky.social nicht kennt, sei informiert, dass dort versprochen wurde, je fünf Follower mehr fürs GFZ von hier aus eine interessante und möglichst unterhaltsame Information gegeben wird. Wir haben bei 538 Followern angefangen und sind jetzt bei 548. 1/n

Auch das ist Teil der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit: Kollegin Annabel (l.) erklärt Oberbürgermeister Mike Schubert (r.) & unserer wissenschaftlichen Vorständin @susannebuiter.bsky.social (M.) ihre Arbeit in d Erdbeben-Forschung. Nach dem VIP-Rundgang macht Annabel ganz normal Standdienst & erklärt Erdbeben

The Potsdam Day of Science #PTDW2024 starts at 1 pm on 4 May on the Telegrafenberg with a colourful programme from all areas of research. Come with curiosity & your questions! Everyone is welcome! @gfz.bsky.social has 27 stations of the 150 www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/new...

Congratulations Anne Glerum (@gfz.bsky.social) with the Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award of the Geodynamics Division of @eurogeosciences.bsky.social! A wonderful lecture on georesource production in geidynamic experiments #EGU24

Congratulations again to Claudio Faccenna of @gfz.bsky.social for being awarded the @eurogeosciences.bsky.social Arthur Holmes Union Medal at #EGU24 today and for a wonderful lecture on links between orogeny and mantle dynamics!

#EGU24 Come and debate with us in GDB1 today: were plate motions constant through geological time? 14:00 in E1

#EGU24 Kicking off the first Great Debate on an issue that concerns us all: "The EU Critical Raw Materials act - how geoscientists can directly inform European policy and regulation." With Simona Regenspurg from @gfz.bsky.social

Arrived! #train2EGU Much looking forward to the coming days at @eurogeosciences.bsky.social General Assembly #EGU24

"CCS ist keine Universallösung für den Klimaschutz", sagt unsere wissenschaftliche Vorständin @susannebuiter.bsky.social im Interview mit Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Gleichwohl kann CCS Beiträge zum Klimaschutz leisten. Mehr hier >> www.spektrum.de/news/ccs-ist...

Hier noch einmal, damit es nicht untergeht (wir hatten das bereits über die Kolleg:innen vom KIT geteilt): Die Stellungnahme der Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen zu rassistischen Äußerungen der vergangenen Wochen – www.allianz-der-wissenschaftsorganisationen.de/themen-stell...

Neue Karte des Monats auf unserer Seite zum globalen Wasserspeicher: Einige Teile Indiens verlieren drastisch an Grundwasser. Mehr dazu hier: www.globalwaterstorage.info/februar-2024

Potsdam's Lord Mayor, and other institutions, universities & research institutes, call for participation in a demonstration for democracy & against fascist plans, recently discussed at a clandestine meeting in Potsdam, to deport people. Please join us this Sunday! www.potsdam.de/de/potsdam-w...

For people in Potsdam: will you join us this Sunday, 14.01, in “Potsdam wehrt sich!”? The demonstration responds to a recent meeting in Potsdam where deportation of people was discussed. I feel that a line was crossed and i therefore join the call to support democracy.