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CRC1211 3rd phase preparatory excursion to the Namib Desert
From December 6 to 16, 2022 an interdisciplinary team of 11 PIs of the CRC1211 joined for an introductory fieldtrip to the northern part of the Namib Desert with the aim to initiate... -
Crops for the desert - a new collaborative project of the CRC1211
Researchers led by the University of Bonn and Gobabeb/Namibia study drought-adapted melon varieties Southern Africa has a rich bounty of crop varieties, crop wild relatives, orphan crops and... -
Congratulations to Julia Bechteler for her Professorship at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
We congratulate Dr. Julia Bechteler, PI in CRC1211 B07 and former research and teaching assistant at the Nees Institute for Plant Biodiversity at the University of Bonn, who has accepted an offer... -
B-cluster field campaign in Chile
An interdisciplinary team of botanists from the University of Bonn and University of Heidelberg as well as zoologists from the University of Hamburg were on fieldwork in Chile from February, 13 to... -
CRC 1211 meets Beethovenstiftung Bonn - About the sounds of plants and stones in the desert
Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 19:00 / Café Nees – Bankettsaal, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn Admission free! Roswitha von den Driesch (Stadtklangkünstlerin Bonn 2023) and Jens-Uwe... -
B-clusters in Angola
From 2 to 16 February, fieldwork within the projects of the B-Cluster was carried out in the southern Angolan Namib. The trip was initiated to complement already existing data sets of projects B02... -
Participation in winter school at ETH Zürich with IRTG mobility grant
From Jan. 22nd to Jan. 27th 2023 a joint group from ETH Zürich and University of Zürich held the 15th winter school on light- and electron-microscopy. Awarded with a mobility grant from the IRTG,... -
CRC 1211 partakes in Graduate School Scholarship Programme awarded to GSGS, Cologne
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... -
CRC 1211 Training Week “Geo-/ Biosciences in hyperarid environments
an opportunity for knowledge transfer, networking, and international co-operation The threat of Covid-19 pandemic-related impediments (e.g. health issues, travel restrictions) forced the... -
Bridging Scientific Expertise in the field – Field Campaign 2022
Projects: A03, C04, C09, D02, D06 Between end of September and mid October 2022 a mixed group of scientists from the A03, C04, C09, D02 and D06 subprojects conducted a 21-day field excursion to the... -
Living at its dry limits: Tilliandsiales in the Atacama Desert
© 2022 Springer Nature Brought to you by Plant Systematics and Evolution, this is our 2022 topical collection. The northern Chilean Atacama Desert is among those regions on Earth where life exists... -
The arrival of the Paranal Drill Cores
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... -
Online Short Course on Cosmogenic Nuclides as Dating Tool at the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN)
On the 23th and 24th of August up to 20 postgraduates and students from the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN) in Antofagasta participated at an online short course about the use and application... -
Bridging research in Namibia and Chile – C2 fieldwork during first half of 2022
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... -
llustrious visit
End of June/beginning of July, the B02 cluster received a visit from silverfish specialist John Irish from Namibia. John is a collaborator on our subproject and his visit involved intensive three... -
From the tundra to the desert nematodes can be found everywhere
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... -
Learning about taxonomy and DNA barcoding of soil invertebrates
This summer, in July 2022, both PhD students of project B08 made their way to Norway to learn more about the taxonomy of soil invertebrates and learn how to obtain good DNA barcodes of those in the... -
Conclusion from our CRC1211 Summer Semester Lecture Series 2022
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... -
Short Course on Cosmogenic Nuclides as Dating Tool for the Geological Survey of Chile (Sernageomin)
On the 28th and 29th of June up to 15 scientists from the geological survey of Chile participated at an online short course about the use and application of cosmogenic nuclides for dating surfaces... -
CRC1211 Science Meeting May 2022
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... -
GeoMinKöln 2022
11–15 September 2022 | University of Cologne | https://www.geominkoeln2022.de/ The DMG Annual Meeting will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2022 and will return to Cologne, the city where the... -
Extreme Sampling at the “Quebrada de Tiliviche”, Chile
During the course of the Chile Introduction Excursion of the CRC1211 that took place in March 2022, a small group of researchers conducted an unusual sampling trip to the “Quebrada de Tiliviche” Canyon,... -
mit uns - Zeitschrift für die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der Universität zu Köln - April 2022
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... -
Z2/Z3/C8 joint fieldwork in March 2022
Members of sub-projects Z2, Z3 and C8 carried out a joint field campaign between 8. and 26. March 2022. Fieldwork focused on continuing the installation of standard fog collectors (SFCs) associated... -
Geophysical expedition to the Namib completed
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... -
Introduction Excursion CRC1211 March 2022 to the Atacama Desert
In March 2022, a mixed group of scientists from all CRC1211 projects, covering biology, geology, geography, conducted a 10-day introduction field excursion guided by Prof. Tibor Dunai, Prof. Dietmar... -
Paranal Deep Drilling 2022 - Final Report
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... -
Paranal Deep Drilling 2022 - Weekly Report No.5
The rotary diamond drilling in the Paranal claypan continued with an intense pace. We retrieved one core after another, giving us barely enough time to process them before getting a new one. After a... -
Take-off to the Namib - Geophysical Expedition to Roter Kamm Impact Crater
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... -
Paranal Deep Drilling 2022 - Weekly Report No.4
After almost a week of rest in Antofagasta and reorganizing our logistics, we finally returned to the claypan last Sunday to continue our challenging drilling operation. As soon as we arrived back,... -
Paranal Deep Drilling 2022 - Weekly Report No.3
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... -
Paranal Deep Drilling 2022 - Weekly Report No.2
After several days of drilling in the Paranal claypan, our team of six drillers and four scientists has successfully established a routine on how to recover and process the valuable cores obtained... -
Paranal Deep Drilling 2022 - Weekly Report No.1
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... -
First short visit of Z2 and Z3 to Chile during 2nd phase of the CRC1211
During the first visit to Chile of the 2nd phase of the CRC1211 (delayed due to Corona/Covid-19 travel restrictions), Z2 and Z3 installed the first four standard fog collectors (SFCs) in different... -
CRC 1211 partakes in Graduate School Scholarship Programme awarded to GSGS, Cologne
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... -
Successful retreat of IRTG students
The PhD-representatives of the IRTG were excited to announce the first student-retreat of the CRC-phase back in September. The retreat successfully concluded on Wednesday, December 1st, after one... -
B-Cluster started Field Work in Namibia
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... -
IRTG (Z05): Two IRTG Fellows have been granted a DAAD Scholarship. Congrats!
August 2021. We are very happy to announce that IRTG Fellows Camila Riffo Contreras (D03) and Tiago Menezes Freire (A04), both have been selected to receive a 48-month DAAD scholarship to pursue... -
New cooperation agreement between CRC 1211 and Andinas Chile
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... -
CRC 1211 at the annual meeting of the DMG sections Geochemistry, Petrology & Petrophysics
Gather.Town group picture This year’s section meeting of the Geochemistry, Petrology & Petrophysics groups of the DMG just took place on June 5th & 6th. The two-day event was -of course- organized... -
Once again, entomologists of B2 in the field
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... -
Field work in Chile for Project D3 started in March 2021
The field work started in the North of "Cerro Coloso" (figure 1), at a hill in the Coast Cordillera of Antofagasta. IRTG fellowship holder Camila Riffo Contreras went on a fieldtrip to collect... -
CRC 1211 partakes in Graduate School Scholarship Programme awarded to GSGS, Cologne
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 four... -
IRTG Workshop Report: "Communication, group dynamics and (self-)motivation for doctoral students”
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... -
B1/B7 – first field trip in Phase 2 completed
During January and February 2021, Chilean members of B1 and B7, Paloma Morales and Alexandra Stoll realized the first field campaign to the Atacama Desert of these two subprojects in second phase. The... -
Four more years: Collaborative Research Centre 1211 enters its second funding phase
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)... -
Geophysical Survey in PAR clay pan 2019 - Project A2
After 9 days of intense field work, we successfully finished our geophysical field survey at the key CRC research site - the clay pan PAR north of the Paranal observatories. As part of project A02... -
University of Chile: First Colloquium on Electromagnetic Geophysical Exploration Techniques
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... -
Joint fieldwork with SERNAGEOMIN - Río Loa Canyon
Between the 18th and the 24th of July 2019 a small group of researchers from the CRC-1211 and Sernageomin (Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería) from Chile conducted the first joint fieldwork in... -
New Exhibition at the Botanical Garden in Bonn features CRC-Researchers
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... -
CRC1211 in "EOS Earth & Space Science News"
Atacama’s Past Rainfall Followed Pacific Sea Temperature This is the first paleoclimate record of precipitation near Atacama’s hyperarid core and suggests that its moisture source is different from... -
C3/Z2/Z3 Fieldwork 2019: “showers” in the desert
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... -
B2 - three field trips
In the subproject B2 we investigate the evolution of insects in arid environments with emphasis on desert specialist such as the hyperdiverse tenebrionid beetles and silverfish. In the last years,... -
European Geoscience Assembly 2019
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... -
Project Introduction C3 – Hillslope Processes
While hillslopes generally represent areas of predominant denudation and constitute the transition and trajectory to floodplains, in dry and (hyper-)arid environments hillslope processes are known... -
CRC 1211 @ the EGU 2019
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... -
B1 – field work completed
During this year’s late summer, B01 undertook the fourth field trip to the Atacama Desert, which at the same time completed the overall field campaign of phase 1. During these field trips Tim... -
Master Excursion to the Atacama Desert and high Andes
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... -
Bárbara Blanco Arrué joins the CRC
We welcome Bárbara Blanco Arrué - a PhD student from Chile. She has started her PhD Program in the Applied Geophysics Group with Bülent Tezkan & Pritam Yogeshwar at the Institute of Geophysics and... -
Scientific Guest from Chile
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... -
Field campaign of C4 and D3
Members of the CRC 1211 subprojects C04 and D03 carried out another successful field trip in September 2018. To better understand the atmospheric deposition of Sulfates and Nitrates in the Atacama... -
Student excursion to North and Central Chile
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 -... -
Geophysical survey clay pans 2018 - Project A2
After 7 days of intense fieldwork we finished the geophysical survey in the claypan PAG south of the Río Loa. Together with colleagues from the Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology of the UoC... -
Fieldwork 2018 by project C2 – 03.03 to 09.04.2018
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... -
CRC 1211 at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) 2018
General Assembly in Vienna The EGU General Assembly took place from the 09-13.04.2018 in Vienna with up to 15,075 scientists from 106 countries (EGU, 2018). The CRC 1211 was represented by in total... -
All weather stations established
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... -
Remote sensing station in the Atacama desert at the Airport of Iquique/Chile
The Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology installed successfully a remote sensing station in the Atacama desert at the Airport of Iquique/Chile. The group of Integrated Remote Sensing under Prof... -
CRC1211 on Instagram and in 'Kölner Universitätsmagazin'
{/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... -
Project Introduction A2 - Applied Geophysics
Coordination of Geophysical data interpretation - Pritam Yogeshwar My research within project A2 focuses on geophysical electromagnetic methods. These methods are an important and non-invasive tool to... -
CRC1211 - February Conference
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... -
CRC1211 at the AGU Fall Meeting 2017
The traditional venue undergoing renovations, the American Geophysical Union hold its annual Fall Meeting for the first time in its history not in San Francisco but in New Orleans, Louisiana. With... -
Project Introduction C5 – Tectonic Geomorphology
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... -
News from the PAG Drilling Team
After a few difficult days with several attempts to drill and recover the sediments of the clay pan PAG, the team reached 41m with full recovery. The tough environment and sediments brought some... -
Scientific meeting with SERNAGEOMIN
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)... -
Official ceremony and execution of the Memorandum of Understanding
On Friday the 16.09.2017 the Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN) represented by the rector of the UCN Jorge Tabilo Álvarez and the CRC1211, represented by Prof. Tibor Dunai ceremonial signed the... -
Second field campaign of D3
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... -
Second field campaign of Z2 and Z3 ...
... with focus on the installation of weather stations, the realization of irrigation experiments, and the installation of dust sampling devices. During the second field campaign in... -
Scientific Field Work with Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN – Antofagasta) and University of Cologne
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... -
Start Drilling PAG
Starting on Wednesday the 11th of October scientist from cluster project A02 (Volker Wennrich, Damian Lopez, Alicia Medialdea Utande, Julia Diederich, Emma Fernandez-Galego, Ascelina Hasberg)... -
B4 - Bacteria: Distribution and activity of microorganisms in the Atacama Desert
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... -
Two data grants approved for Z2
Two grants were approved for the Z2 project, which is very much appreciated. The first grant is the TanDEM-X Global DEM for the whole study area by the TanDEM-X Science Team. This very accurate... -
Project Introduction C2 - Transport and deposition
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... -
Project Introduction B3 - Protist Evolution at the Dry Limit
In Project B3, we aim to investigate the co-evolution of gregarine protists (microscopic organisms living in the gut of insects), with their hosts (endemic darkling beetles) and the co-evolution of... -
Project Introduction D4 - Trace organic compounds
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... -
Project Introduction A1 - Modern and past climate
Investigation of atmospheric water supply to the Atacama desert (Chile) from combined in-situ, ground-based and satellite remote sensing observations When searching locations for the climate... -
Project Introduction D5 – OSL Dating
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... -
Project Introduction A3 - Aeolian transport
Statistical-dynamical modelling of aeolian processes in the Atacama Desert over geological time scales and their implications to life at the dry limit. MODIS true-color image of the dust plume over... -
Project Introduction D1 – Cosmogenic Nuclides
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... -
Fieldwork 2017 CRC 1211 – The workshop aftermath
Mostly all groups within the CRC 1211 used their stay after the kick-off workshop for their field work. More than 12 groups with in total more than 60 scientists sampled, measured and discussed in... -
CRC 1211 Kick-off Workshop, Hornitos (Chile) 13-14.03.2017
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... -
Introduction Field Campaign – 05.03-12.03.2017
In March 2017, a mixed group of 36 researchers from all CRC1211 projects (Biology, Geophysics, Meteorology, Geography, Geology) participate an 8-day introduction field campaign guided by Prof. Tibor... -
B5 - Field Trip"Soils of the Atacama Desert: Reservoir and Fingerprint of Life"
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...
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