In November 2025, a study led by Adrien Wehrlé, a researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Zürich, ...

The GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences is Germany's national centre for research into the solid Earth. With more than 1,500 employees, the GFZ investigates the physical, geological, chemical and ...

Abstract: Gaussian processes (GPs) have experienced tremendous success in biogeophysical parameter retrieval in the last few years. GPs constitute a solid Bayesian framework to consistently formulate ...

Three kilometers of ice can hide a lot, but not forever. Beneath East Antarctica, researchers have identified a ...

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An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The findings are published in the ...

There are regular calls for grants and exchange programmes supported by UNESCO to train and coach the persons involved in Geopark projects and aspiring UNESCO Global Geoparks. Other opportunities to ...

Somehow, on this beautiful blue marble we call Earth, the astonishing phenomenon we call life emerged long ago, spreading until it covered nearly every corner of the planet. One school of thought ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

A research team led by Professor Chen Zhongqiang from the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) in Hubei province has identified periodic oxygenation events in Earth's oceans dating back roughly 580 ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star’s habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

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