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Biodiversity needs more than just flower strips
Strips of land planted with flowers between fields are the most popular environmental measure in agriculture. They attract pollinators such as butterflies and wild bees, look beautiful and can be achieved quickly. But this is not enough! Researchers have described how agricultural landscapes need to be designed to accommodate many species and to ensure other social and ecological functions such as providing nature for human recreation and climate protection. more…
Funding for training and research in biological complexity
Complex biological systems are more than the sum of their parts – their properties emerge from the dynamic interaction of their components, such as molecules or cells. PhD researchers now have the opportunity to develop their own theoretical perspective on these systems as part of an international Doctoral Network. A European consortium initiated by researchers from Göttingen and Edinburgh has been awarded €4.5M by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions to coordinate the network. more…
Ancient rocks reveal critical metal origin and continent-breaking forces
Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world’s most promising new deposits of niobium – a metal vital for producing high-strength steel and clean energy technologies. Researchers found that newly discovered niobium-rich carbonatites were formed more than 800 million years ago, rising from deep within the Earth through fractures of the crust during a tectonic rifting event that ultimately tore apart the supercontinent known as Rodinia. more…
Gauss Professorship for US biometeorologist
Professor Dennis Baldocchi from the University of California in Berkeley has been awarded a Gauss Professorship by the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Over the next two months, he will be conducting research at the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen, where he will be working with Professor Alexander Knohl and his team in the Bioclimatology Group. more…
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Göttingen University subjects get good grades!
Good results for the University of Göttingen: in the latest "QS World University Rankings by Subject", Agricultural and Forestry sciences are first in Germany, and 21st worldwide. Development Studies is listed among the top 100 worldwide, and was placed among the top four in Germany. Biology is ranked sixth in Germany, and Theology, Religion & Religious Studies is among the top 13 in Germany. Ancient Studies and Prehistory is among the top twelve in Germany and ranks 51-150 worldwide. more…
Proposal for interim President – special Senate meeting on 5 February 2025
Following the Senate meeting on 22 November 2024, a working group had been working on a timely answer to the question of who should lead the University until the regular election of a new President. This week, the working group agreed on Professor Axel Schölmerich as interim President of the University of Göttingen. more…