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Unique symbiosis bestows magnetic sense to single-celled organism
LMU researchers have discovered an unusual three-way partnership between a ciliate, bacteria, and archaea.
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Rock weathering may counteract carbon dioxide emissions from thawing permafrost
A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that the thawing of permafrost soils does not only release carbon, but may also promote its removal from the atmosphere.
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Fungi help lock carbon into Arctic fjord sediments
LMU-Researchers show that fungi play an important role in the marine carbon cycle.
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150 Years of Trams: Why a Dispute in the Mortuary Sealed the Fate of Munich’s GeomagnetismMunich is celebrating “150 Years of the Tram.” But electrification forced the magnetologists to flee the city and led to the construction of one of the most modern geophysical observatories in the world.
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Geodynamics models on the cover of Royal Society AHigh recognition: Models of global stress fields on the cover of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A
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Unlocking Deep-Time Evolution with ProteinsDeep-time fossil placement revealed in a new Nature publication: Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid
Current events
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02 Dec—21 JulROMY - understanding Earth's interior with lasersGeoForum Pocket Exhibition
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05 Oct—06 OctWhen Worlds Collide: Inauguration CeremonyThe official inauguration ceremony of the Munich Center for Geoastronomy. From the formation of planets and planetary evolution, to the forces that shape worlds near and far, Geoastronomy explores the intersection where disciplines – and worlds – collide.
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