After almost five months and almost 17300km of travel, the sediment cores from our second deep drilling operation at the Paranal clay pan finally arrived here in Cologne at the Institute of Geology...

After an involuntary break of field work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, subproject C2 successfully completed two extensive field campaigns during the last months. During the first one in February and...

Nematodes, also known as roundworms, are invertebrates that can inhabit soil and water bodies. They have been reported in all continents and can live in extreme environments such as Antarctica or...

We want to thank all speakers for their presentation and all scientists who worked within the presented projects. This lecture series gave an in-depth look into the recent status and development of...

On the 13 and 14th of May, we conducted the Spring 2022 CRC1211 Science Meeting at the Institute of Geology & Mineralogy of the University of Cologne. Up to 90 Scientists presented more than 40...

Wie das Meer die Wüste formte     von Prof. Dr. Patrick Grunert Staubtrocken. Müsste man die Atacama-Wüste mit einem Wort beschreiben, es wäre wohl dieses. Ablagerungen heute verschwundener Flüsse zeugen...

Geophysical expedition to the Namib completed Without any major complications we successfully completed our 21 days geophysical survey at the Roter Kamm impact crater and the Aurus clay pan on 15...

After taking the samples to the shipping agency in Antofagasta, our last days in the Paranal claypan were dedicated to packing and organizing all our gear. It was also time to gradually tear down...

After more than one year of intense preparations and extensive delays, we are finally taking off to the Roter Kamm. The 4-5 million year old impact crater and the Aurus clay pan close by are located...

The third week in the Paranal claypan started with promising results. We continued working at Hole 1B, and after passing a critical tephra around 30 meters, the drilling continued smoothly. We made...

On Monday, January 10, our group of three CRC researchers: Jacob Feller, Damian Lopez, and Volker Wennrich arrived in Antofagasta, Chile, for the Deep Drilling operation in the Paranal claypan. In...

Supported by the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS) at the University of Cologne offers two...

Joint field work of the B-Cluster projects nearly finished the sampling in the coastal transect and gathered additional data for the B projects and clusters. A special highlight was the joint...

Great news to be announced The CRC 1211 is happy to announce a new collaboration with “Andinas Chile” to provide valuable opportunities for all members of the Andean community, such as participation in training...

From January 14 to February 28, Chilean entomologists from subproject B2 conducted an extensive fieldwork campaign in the Atacama Desert and adjacent regions to address tasks of the second phase of...

 

by Bárbara Vargas-Machuca The first IRTG Workshop about "Communication, group dynamics and (self-)motivation for doctoral students” last two days, and despite the coronavirus crisis, this workshop...

  We are very happy to announce that the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1211 "Earth - Evolution at the Dry Limit" is entering its second phase and is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)...

For the first time, a short course/colloquium on electromagnetic Geophysical exploration techniques is hosted at the University of Chile, Santiago de Chile. It will take place on Monday the 2nd of...

The Botanical Garden in Bonn is hosting the exhibition "Forscher, Sammler, Pflanzenjäger – Unterwegs mit Humboldt & Co." The exhibition, which runs until 15th September 2019, illuminates the history of...

The joint fieldwork of the subprojects C3, Z2 and Z3 in February and March 2019 was successfully completed. We were able to conduct UAV-based flights over several surfaces, in particular with the...

With 5,531 oral presentation and 9,432 posters, the EGU General Assembly 2019 was one of the major events among the Geoscience community. Scientist from all over the globe gathered in Vienna to...

GM5.3/BG7.4/CL4.38/PS4.7 Earth - Evolution at the dry limit (co-organized) Convener: Tibor J. Dunai Co-conveners: Eduardo Campos , Cristina Dorador , Claudia Knief , Laura Evensta       Water is the...

A Master-Student excursion for the students from the University of Cologne was conducted during end of September till mid of October to the Atacama Desert and the high Andes. In total up to 16...

PhD student Sebastian Munoz - July to October 2018 Due to the new scientific collaboration between the Universidad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile) and the Collaborative Research Centre 1211...

In September, we conducted an excursion with 20 geography students from the RWTH Aachen University to northern Chile against the background of our research project C2 within the CRC 1211 "Earth -...

In April 2018, the members of the subproject C2 successfully completed the second field trip to the westernmost part of the Atacama Desert. While fieldwork in 2017 dealt with coastal alluvial fans...

During the long and intensive joined field campaign of C3, Z2 and Z3 in February and March 2018, further 10 weather stations were established. The southern transect at 25.1°S and the northern...

{/jb_icon-calendar} 12 March 2018 The next few days we will share with you the exiting research conducted by our university in the Atacama Desert. The Atacama Desert stretches from the north of...

First CRC 1211 gathering in 2018 at the Schlosshotel Domäne Walberberg in Bornheim, Germany,from Monday, 5th of February 2018  to Wednesday, 7th of February 2018.   © 2018 Oliver Bödeker    © 2018 Oliver...

Investigation of atmospheric water supply to the Atacama desert (Chile) from combined in-situ, ground-based and satellite remote sensing observations Scientific work is full of surprises. While...

On Friday the 6th of October, geologist from the Chilenean Geological Survey (SERNAGEOMIN, Paulina Vasquez and Fernando Sepulveda Vasquez), from the UCN (Eduardo Campus), from the US (Tereca Jordan)...

In September 2017 we carried out our second field trip to the Atacama Desert to investigate the local hydrological situation at the Salar de Llamara and the Salar de Huasco. Investigations at the...

During the 10-15 of September, a small group of geologists from Chile and Germany, represented by Prof. Eduardo Campos, Prof. Rodrigo Riquelme, Sebastian Muñoz (all UCN) and Prof. Tibor Dunai and...

We are studying the distribution of microorganisms, mainly bacteria, in the Atacama Desert. We identify the bacteria that live in the dry and salty soils as well as in association with hosts, such...

Deciphering the evolution of the alluvial fans [between 21°S and 25°S – the interplay between climatic and tectonic control] Despite the hyperaridity, we encountered a surprisingly diverse fauna...

Tracing water availability, organic carbon sources, and life at the dry limit using radiocarbon analysis Our project is about reconstructing changes in water availability and its effect on organic...

Constraining the Pleistocene environmental history of the Atacama: Extending the age range of luminescence dating The D05 project uses optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, a technique...

Dating of old continental sediments in arid environments The great antiquity of the Atacama Desert means that some questions about its geological evolution are beyond the capabilities of current...

In March 2017, the first kick-off workshop of the CRC1211 “Earth Evolution at the Dry Limit” took place at Hornitos, Chile. Short talks given by researchers from Germany of each cluster and...

07.10.2016 – 01.11.2016 This first sampling campaign of B05 was conducted together with the team of B04. Corresponding to recent scientific studies, it was found that soils of the Atacama Desert do...