2022

The "Nature Positive Universities" network was officially launched at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal. More than 500 universities worldwide are involved in the network. Its partners want to systematically…

Zoologist Professor Rainer Willmann, former Director of the Zoological Museum at the University of Göttingen, has described and classified previously unknown species of scorpionflies from Nepal. These species belong to a completely new…

Ronja Härdtner, student on the "International Nature Conservation" (MINC) Master’s programme at the University of Göttingen has been awarded first place in the "Welcome to New Zealand Scholarship". This scholarship, provided by the New…

Research led by University of Queensland (UQ) and including the University of Göttingen analysed the effects of decarbonisation strategies by linking global resource inventories with demographic systems to generate a matrix showing the…

In Diamond Open Access, there are no fees for publishing or accessing scientific publications, whether you are reading or publishing. The University of Göttingen will lead an EU project with 23 partners in 14 European countries from…

Kolkata: The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, on the Xmas eve joined the midnight mass and also formally inaugurated and crib-set and a special exhibition depicting The Rosary Way - a unique meditation on the life of Lord…

Several billion years ago, the oceans were probably not as hot as often assumed, but were instead at much more moderate temperatures. This is the conclusion of a research team from the University of Göttingen and the German Research…

The University of Göttingen has raised funds for 206 Deutschlandstipendiums (Germany’s scholarship for students) to run from October 2022 to September 2023. As in the previous year, this puts the University in front of other universities…

The physicist Professor Stefan Hell has been awarded the "In Publica Commoda" (for the good of all) medal of honour by the University of Göttingen. This award recognises his services to basic research in Göttingen, as well as his work in…

Nature in city environs has a positive effect on people's well-being. At the same time biological diversity in urban areas continues to shrink, for example because of increasing building density. In the "Ecolopes" project, researchers led…