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20AUG 2021
News and Updates
Size of Jurassic belemnites
Geologists at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg joined forces with researchers from France, Berlin, and Portugal to investigate the extent to which the growth of belemnites and changes to their appearance depend on ecological reactions and whether these changes are evidence of environmental crises that could have a serious impact on the climate in future. >> FAU press […]
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10AUG 2021
News and Updates
IPCC – latest Climate Report
“The role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed” says working group 1 co-chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte. The #IPCC released its latest #ClimateReport #ClimateChange 2021: the Physical Science Basis. Paleosynthesis PI Wolfgang Kiessling actively contributed to the IPCC report. The results are worrying. The IPCC has published a video summary on instagram. More on the reports by the IPCC are available here.“The role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed” says working group 1 co-chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte. The #IPCC released its latest #ClimateReport #ClimateChange 2021: the Physical Science Basis. Paleosynthesis PI Wolfgang Kiessling actively contributed to the IPCC report. The results are worrying. The IPCC has published a video summary on instagram. More on the reports by the IPCC are available here.
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05AUG 2021
News and Updates
Newsletter August
Just in time before the summer break, we are happy to present you the latest newsletter. …Updates on workshops, Open Research Challenge, FossilDiscovery… just download it here!
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02AUG 2021
News and Updates
Biodiversity and climate change
published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most pressing issues of the Anthropocene. While there is recognition in both scientific and policy-making circles that the two are interconnected, in practice they are largely addressed in […]published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most pressing issues of the Anthropocene. While there is recognition in both scientific and policy-making circles that the two are interconnected, in practice they are largely addressed in […]
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28JUL 2021
Big Questions
Our icons
We’re happy to be able to present our newly designed icons for the workshops and the Big Questions! The uni design team did a wonderful job engaging with the workshop topics. Each workshop now has its individual icon that makes it stand out. Curious? Then click here 🙂
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19JUL 2021
News and Updates
Being a scientist
“I never dreamed of being a scientist. Growing up, I never even gave a thought of what scientists did or what they looked like. Actually, until a few years ago, if you had told me to picture a scientist, the first thing that would have come to mind would be one of the evil scientists […]
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