Professor Friedemann Freund – Changing the Landscape of Geology: Forecasting Earthquakes Imagine a world where we knew about earthquakes before they strike – days before a potentially lethal event. A world with an early warning system that would give us time to...
Professor Thomas Wilke – A Novel Tool to Better Understand the Diversity of Life Completing the inventory of the Earth’s biodiversity is a huge challenge. Supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Professor Thomas Wilke and his research group at Justus...
Dr Christian Brandes – Can Climate Change Cause Earthquakes? Earthquakes arise deep within the Earth, usually as heat from the mantle and the pull at subduction zones move tectonic plates around on the planet’s surface, causing them to interact. Dr Christian...
Professor Ingo Kowarik – Tackling the Urban Biodiversity Crisis The planet’s human population is becoming increasingly urbanised. This has led to reduced biodiversity in cities, which has brought all sorts of problems with it – from limited species variety to...
Professor Qi Hu – Investigating the Role of Land Use in Climate Change Land-use changes can have a significant effect on regional climates. Professor Qi Hu from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln uses climate models to study the interactions between land-use...
Dr Johanne Brunet – Buzzing & Blooming: Bee-Flower Interactions in Crop Production Pollination by flying insects is often the forgotten key to high agricultural productivity. Dr Johanne Brunet, research ecologist at the USDA-Agricultural Service, is...
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