DEAIS @ Mount Nils Larsen: Tracking the pace of the Pliocene and Last Interglacial warmings (report from PD Dr. Naki Akçar, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern) Recent ice sheet reconstructions and climate models Read more…
DEAIS: Changes in the Drainage Pattern of the Eastern Antarctic Ice Sheet through Time Our researcher Naki Akçar is again on an antarctic research tour. The assessment of the stability of Antarctic ice sheets and of Read more…
A Nagra-operated drillhole investigates the Quaternary sedimentary succession in the Lower Aare Valley near Riniken. A PhD project with doctoral student Lukas Gegg, supervised by Marius Büchi and Flavio Anselmetti, investigates the drill cores. In Read more…
Between the 15th and the 17th of February, 19 members of the Institute of Geology went to the Engstlenalp Hotel for the Group Retreat of the Quaternary Geology Group. Access to Engstlenalp in Read more…
Back in time in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica Today, Sør Rondane Mountains in the Queen Maud Land acts as a barrier to the Eastern Antarctic Ice Sheet in Antarctica. This is displayed by the Read more…
DEAIS: Deglaciation history of the Eastern Antarctic Ice Sheet Our researchers Naki Akçar and Serdar Yeşilyurt started their research expedition in Antarctica. They just arrived and sent their first impressions. The recent and rapid decay Read more…