FAU geologists participate in EU research project on improving geothermal systems
Geologists at FAU want to find out how much the construction and operating costs of geothermal systems can be reduced. As part of a four-year international project, they will work with 15 European partners from resear...
At the end of the Cretaceous, 66 million years ago, a large meteorite impact event caused the most recent of five major mass extinction events in the Earth’s history. The dinosaurs, marine species and whole groups of ammonites were wiped out. Although the ecosystems recovered fairly quickly, their a...
International team of researchers finds evidence of large-scale tectonic changes in the Pacific region 50 million years ago.
A chain of extinct volcanoes that mostly lie under water stretches across the Pacific from Hawaii to Kamchatka. This chain, known as the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain, is the trail ...
More parasites due to rising sea levels
Climate change leads to steadily rising sea levels. The risk of floods is not the only consequence. An international working group involving FAU researchers has shown that various types of parasites have been spreading rapidly as a result of rising sea levels...
FAU researcher proves algae species creates ecological niches
We all know how important coral reefs are for the ecosystem. In places where coral reefs occur, their three-dimensional structures provide ecological niches that have a positive effect on biodiversity. It is less well known that other or...
FAU researchers investigate which environmental factors influence the evolution of animals with giant proportions
Animals come in all different sizes – from huge whales to tiny crustaceans. Certain species stand out due to their extreme size – such as the giant squid, which can grow to up to 13 met...
Processes inside the Earth are often difficult for researchers to follow. An international team of researchers including members from Geozentrum Nordbayern at FAU and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel were able to draw conclusions about the movement of submerged tectonic plates ...
Regenerative forms of heat supply are on the rise. Apart from solar heat and wood pellet systems, new buildings are mostly equipped with ground heat collectors combined with heat pumps. However, it is difficult to dimension such systems exactly. The EU-funded project ‘ThermoMap’, which is co-ordinat...
The geologists from Erlangen and their colleagues from Hanover, Bremen, Kiel and Canada returned from their expedition on the research ship ‘Sonne’ highly satisfied. ‘In just under four weeks we were able to conduct eleven successful dives in the southwest Pacific,’ says Prof. Dr. Karsten Haase of t...
The oceans may be heating up more slowly than the continents, but animals and plants in the oceans are reacting much faster to the new conditions than organisms on land. This is the surprising conclusion drawn by an international group of researchers of which Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling of FAU is a ...
