Faculty of Geosciences and Geography

The student-led science festival celebrates its 20th anniversary on June 12 with over 90 presentations, guided tours, interactive activities, and numerous booths.

Geoscience master’s student Lucas Bek shares his passion for the field

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22-28 percent of the Amazon, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) published in Nature. 

Fossil teeth can preserve remarkable information because tooth enamel grows slowly and records environmental data layer by layer. An international research team with the participation of scientists from the Rhine-Main Universities Alliance has now reconstructed the life histories of four European straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) by analyzing their teeth.