Earth system sciences
Earth system sciences explore geoscientific and landscape processes in time and space. The focus lays on developing a detailed understanding of the relationships and interactions between lithosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and anthroposphere in the Earth system. Thereby, socially relevant topics are researched – such as the sustainable use of resources, the assessment of geohazards and the causes and consequences of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental changes for humans and nature – and sustainable solution strategies can be developed. Interdisciplinary and cross-scale methods are used for the research: Field and laboratory experiments, state-of-the-art geochemical analytics, imaging and spatial analyses, statistics and remote sensing, as well as modelling and machine learning.
