Research reveals Rapa Nui people cultivated and managed crops

14. July 2017 Research by an international team has shed new light on the fate of the ancient Rapa Nui people of Easter Island.. "The traditional story is that over time the people of Rapa Nui used up their resources and started to run out of food," said Binghamton University Professor of Anthropology Carl Lipo. "It's been proposed that vast forests of giant palm trees were cut down by the people of Rapa … more

11. July 2017

Developmental Leaps on the Way to Becoming a Plant

German-Israeli research team under the leadership of Kiel University discovers evolutionary origin of redox regulation in plants …

07. July 2017

Extreme low-oxygen Eddies in the Atlantic produce Greenhouse Gases

International research team discovers previously unknown processes in the Atlantic …

21. June 2017

Kieler Wissenschaftspreis 2017 geht an Ruth Schmitz-Streit

Kiel Science Award goes to Ruth Schmitz-Streit

State capital Kiel honours microbiologist from Kiel for outstanding scientific achievements …

19. June 2017

Massive Open Online Kurs (MOOC) “One Planet – One Ocean: From Science to Solutions”

New Start for the “Online Course from Ocean Knowledge to Sustainable Solutions” …

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The Ocean’s Skin

NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY BY MARINE SCIENTISTS FROM KIEL CALLS FOR INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH APPROACH TO STUDY THE BOUNDARY LAYER BETWEEN OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE …

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