Geozentrum Nordbayern

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22OCT 2013
Geozentrum Nordbayern
FAU expedition: bountiful treasures of the deep sea
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 the Department of Endogenous Geodynamics at FAU. The […]
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11AUG 2013
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Marine organisms react to climate change faster than those on land
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 member. The scientists […]
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30JUN 2013
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Flood warning via text message: FAU researchers work on local information system
In light of recent events, when heavy rainclouds move across the sky or a powerful storm comes down, some people may ask themselves: are my possessions in danger? Researchers at FAU’s Geozentrum Nordbayern work to provide an answer to this question. Together with the Gesellschaft beratender Ingenieure für Bau und EDV (Association of consulting engineers […]
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20JUN 2013
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Treasure hunt on the floor of the ocean
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is supporting the project with approximately 1.1. million euros. In addition to the FAU researchers, the project involves scientists from the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Hanover, Jacobs University Bremen and the University of Kiel as well as Canadian and Australian researchers. A diving robot […]
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12APR 2013
Geozentrum Nordbayern
Hot on the trail of the Atlantic’s birth
How hot is the Earth’s mantle, how do temperatures change over the course of millions of years and what are the possible consequences? Scientists led by Prof. Dr. Karsten Haase of the Department of Endogenous Geodynamics of GeoZentrum Nordbayern (Geo-Centre of Northern Bavaria) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have uncovered important insights by looking at a […]
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17DEC 2012
Geozentrum Nordbayern
Climate change is destroying corals in equatorial oceans
As it gets warmer, corals move to the north and south of the equator and return in cooler temperatures. Corals retreat from their usual environments to cooler regions when water temperatures rise as a result of global warming. This has an adverse effect on the fish population as well as on coastlines which lose their […]
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