New Master’s Programme „International Disaster Management and Civil Protection”

13. Feb 2026 | Allgemein

Risks and disasters, and their resulting impacts, are becoming increasingly frequent and complex due to a range of developments such as climate change, geopolitical instability, and ongoing urbanisation. As a result, there is a growing demand for well-trained...

Severe flooding in southern Africa – hundreds of thousands affected

11. Feb 2026 | Allgemein, Floods, heavy rain, Recent Events

In recent weeks, exceptionally heavy and persistent rainfall has flooded large parts of southern Africa. Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa have been particularly hard hit, but Zimbabwe and other countries in the region are also reporting severe damage....

Series of winter storms causes severe flooding in North Africa and Southern Europe

9. Feb 2026 | Allgemein, Floods, Recent Events, Storms

A series of winter storms has caused severe flooding in Morocco, Spain and Portugal in recent days. People have lost their lives in several regions, hundreds of thousands have been forced to leave their homes, and the damage to infrastructure, agriculture and...

Online self-paced course on IPBES and IPCC now available

9. Feb 2026 | Allgemein

The EU-funded project RESPIN offers an English-language online self-paced course entitled “IPBES and IPCC: Bridging Science, Policy and Practice.” The course is aimed at participants from science, policy, and practice and can be completed independently. The course...

Virtual flight over the Flaugergues crater on Mars

9. Feb 2026 | Allgemein

A new video from the Mars Express mission takes viewers on a virtual flight over one of the most striking structures in the southern Martian highlands: the 245-kilometre-wide impact crater Flaugergues. The animation is based on image data from the High Resolution...