In July and August, around 20 young people from all over the world conduct research in an HZB team. And they also blogged. The results are as varied as the students themselves - from dry accounts to nearly literary essays to really exciting texts which triggered curiosity ! This is how it started ... [Read more]

By Maren Richter | We are almost at the end of our cruise and after almost three weeks on board I have still not seen a polar bear! And that after participants of previous cruises had assured me that I would definitely see one. Even if there were none in central Fram Strait then at least ... [Read more]

By Maren Richter | By now almost half of my stay on Polarstern is over. Polarstern left Bremerhaven at 9am on the 10th of July with 42 nautical crew and 57 scientists on board, their instruments, lab materials and supplies. A tv crew was there and spectators stood in Bremerhaven’s drizzle ... [Read more]

About the authors: The authors work at the US National Weather Service where Richard Thoman is a Climate Science and Services Manager, Becki Heim is a Marine and Sea Ice Program Manager, and Gene Petrescu is a Regional Scientist. In this article, they describe how Alaska coastal communities ... [Read more]

Authors: Lasse Rabenstein and Panagiotis Kountouris (Drift & Noise GmbH) About the Authors: Lasse Rabenstein is co-founder and managing director of the company Drift & Noise – Polar Services GmbH (DNPS). Lasse received his PhD in 2010 at the University Bremen, Germany, in collaboration ... [Read more]

PPP-SERA Open Session with the European Polar Board, The Hague, Netherlands, April 18, 2018 About the authors: Rick Thoman works as the Climate Science and Services Manager for the U.S. National Weather Service Alaska Region and is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. He works as a translator of subseasonal ... [Read more]

“As in previous years, Roche will bring together 100 top-talented students from European institutions to challenge the boundaries of their thinking around science, art and innovation - and the intersection of these topics. Students will engage with renowned scientists and artists, be exposed ... [Read more]

This time the GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) answers our 5 Questions. German Research Centre for Geosciences, by PR department (Send to us by Bernhard)   1) How would you describe your institute? The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is the national ... [Read more]

In this new series of the blog, we ask 5 questions to personalities of every Helmholtz centres to learn more about it.   1)      How would you describe your institute? The HMGU is centered on environmental health topic. Thus, research at HMGU addresses the question if and ... [Read more]

Today we host a post from Tatyana Dubich, head of the Communication Team. Helmholtz association (HA) consists of 18 different research centers, conducting excellent research in variety of topics from cancer research to energy technology. This research would not be possible without the most ... [Read more]