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04JUN 2026
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FAU researchers solve Ice Age mystery
Taimering mammoth was likely butchered by hunters and gatherers New findings on the woolly mammoth from Taimering: The approximately 25,000-year-old skeleton of a woolly mammoth, discovered in 2020 near Regensburg, provides new insights into life during the last Ice Age. An interdisciplinary team, which also included researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), found that the animal […]Taimering mammoth was likely butchered by hunters and gatherers New findings on the woolly mammoth from Taimering: The approximately 25,000-year-old skeleton of a woolly mammoth, discovered in 2020 near Regensburg, provides new insights into life during the last Ice Age. An interdisciplinary team, which also included researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), found that the animal […]
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08AUG 2025
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Perito Moreno Glacier is detaching from its anchor
Research predicts end of iconic ice dam events One of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the world will most likely no longer be seen in our lifetime: Between 1940 and 2011 the glacier advanced periodically, and when it did, it blocked the Brazo Rico, a side arm of Lago Argentino. This causes the water level in […]
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11MAR 2025
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Climate change: It is no longer possible to save the glaciers at the size they are today
Dr. Christian Sommer from the Institute of Geography at FAU was involved in the first systematic recording of measurement data tracking the dramatic retreat of glaciers Over the last 25 years approximately 39 percent of glacier ice has disappeared: the results of the Glambie study from the European Space Organization ESA are dramatic. For the […]
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11JUN 2024
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Volunteering for and by migrants
Who undertakes voluntary work aimed at encouraging the integration of migrants in rural areas? What contribution do the migrants themselves make towards a lively volunteering culture in rural areas? Which measures can be introduced to ensure a wide range of voluntary activities remain in place over the long term? These are the questions geographers from […]
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25MAR 2024
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Surveying icy landscapes
Although the two huge icefields in the Andes in South America cover approximately 16,000 square kilometers, an area roughly equivalent to the state of Thuringia in Germany, not much is known about the Patagonian icefields. A team led by Johannes Fürst from the Institute of Geography at FAU is trying to change that. Using cutting-edge […]
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18MAR 2024
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Africa’s ice is disappearing
The few glaciers in Africa have long since become an important indicator of how rapidly and severely climate change is changing our planet. The ice on the high summits of the continent is rapidly disappearing, Africa may lose its white peaks by the middle of our century. The Master’s student Anne Hinzmann and her supervisors […]
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