Read articleAbsolute flood control is an illusionUFZ researchers draw conclusions from the 2013 floods and outline what must be done in future to mitigate these consequences. 18.04.2014 · Natural hazards / Flood Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Read articleInvestigation of volcanic activity on the Mozambique RidgeA huge undersea basalt plateau is the destination of a joint research expedition undertaken by the Alfred Wegener Institute and GEOMAR. 03.04.2014 · Natural hazards / Volcanic eruption Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Read articleCentral America: an active volcanic arcSeveral of the volcanoes along the Central American land bridge are nearly permanently active. More than 200 eruptions took place in the past three centuries. 03.04.2014 · Natural hazards / Volcanic eruption Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Read articleMarine pollutants and trace substancesPollutants can cover large distances and travel from the industrial centres as far as the Arctic. 02.04.2014 · Pollutants / Water Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Read articleNatural ozone depletion long before industrialisationOzone reduction probably already happened at pre-industrial times because of bromine and chlorine emitted during explosive volcanic eruptions. 02.04.2014 · Pollutants / Atmosphere Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel