Press mirror & Public Outreach

19 April, 2021. article: F. von Blanckenburg (2021) Leben im nahen Untergrund, DFG Magazin Forschung 01/2021

February, 2021. research broschure: Research focuses "Commited to the Future" of the University of Tübingen, EarthShape as example in Geosciences (on page 21)

22 February, 2021. press release: EarthShapers from Tübingen S. Seitz and T. Scholten about biocrusts in Germany:  Carpets of moss help stop erosion

2020

October, 2020. articles: Tübingen university journal Attempto!: 3 articles by EarthShapers / EarthShape associates: S. Mutz, K. Tielbörger and A. Kappler: From lake to Desert and back again; A Dry Run: Drought Impact on Plant Ecosystems; Permafrost - a Thawing Time Bomb?

27 October, 2020. press communication: Von der Mikroskala zur Landschaft: Wie Mikroorganismen die Atacama Wüste verändern, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

15 May, 2020. podcast: F. von Blanckenburg - Auf ein akademisches Viertel: Folge 13

19 March, 2020. ES movie presentation and outreach talk for local community Quebrada de Talca: K. Übernickel - cancelled due to COVID19 outbreak, instead: meeting with representative only at 21.03.20, in La Serena, Chile

11 March – 07 April, 2020. university outreach: J. Boy leading students’ excursion “SHARE-X” in Chile, visiting all 4 EarthShape research sites & explaining the EarthShape research concept during field work (due to COVID-19 end of excursion 18 March), Soil Science Institute of Leibnitz Universität Hannover, realized in Chile

02 March, 2020. ES movie presentation and outreach talk for local community: K. Übernickel & DEEP ES team La Campana, Las Palmas community, near Olmué, Chile

20 January, 2020. EarthShape movies accesible on central German registry (Referenzbibliothek) (TIB AV Portal)

10 January, 2020. article: Atacama: Verborgenes Leben im Wüstenkies at SCINEXX das wissensmagazin

09 January, 2020. press communication: Mikroorganismen prägen ganze Landschaften at Hochschulkommunikation Technische Universität Kaiserslauter; follow up article: Entdecker unterstützt Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschule Kaiserslautern

2019

26 December, 2019. article: Comunidades biológicas de suelo descubiertas en Atacama podrían ser utilizadas para la colonización extraterrestre, El diario de Atacama, Chile

26 December, 2019. article: Descubren nuevas comunidades biológicas para colonizar planetas, El diario de Atacama, Chile

26 December, 2019. article: Organismos descubiertos en el desierto de Atacama podrían servir para colonizar otros planetas, cooperativa, Chile

26 December, 2019. TV: Descubren microorganismos en Pan de Azúcar que podrían sobrevivir en otros planetas , 24 horas, Chile

17 December, 2019. article: Forscher der Universitäten Rostock, Kaiserslautern, München und Marburg entdecken neue Lebensgemeinschaft in der Atacama - Wüste at Pressemitteilungen Universität Rostock, Germany

10 December, 2019. article: A newly found Atacama Desert soil community survives on sips of fog, Science News

07 December, 2019. article: Die Haut der Erde at Tageszeitung Berliner Tagesspiegel, Germany

21-25 November, 2019. Public interaction during field work: field site Las Palmas community by DEEP EarthShape project 13, near La Campana, Chile

12 November, 2019. article: Wie das Leben die Erdkruste verändert at Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

October, 2019. EARTHSHAPE movies in English, Spanish and German are available on Youtube

14 October, 2019. EARTHSHAPE movie "The skin of the Earth" Presentation at Café Haag, Tübingen, Germany

09 October, 2019. EARTHSHAPE movie "The skin of the Earth" Premier at GFZ, Potsdam, Germany

08 October, 2019. article: Announcement of Freie Universität Berlin: „Die Haut der Erde – Wo Leben auf Steine trifft” EARTHSHAPE movie Premier at GFZ, Potsdam, Germany

30 September, 2019. article: Neue Flechtenart in der Atacama Wüste entdeckt: Junger Forscher ist nun auf der Suche nach weiteren Projekten, Rhein Zeitung, Germany

13 September, 2019. public: Educación Ambiental by R. Godoy, school of Vegas Blancas (near Nahuelbuta), Chile

22 July, 2019. article: Wie Flechten an den trockensten Orten der Erde gedeihen, Der Standard, Germany

17 July, 2019. press communication (2019) Atacama Desert: Some lichens can meet their need for water from air humidity, text from Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, on page of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw), deutscher Text hier , Germany

14 July, 2019. capacitación: Vivero Imperial CONAF by P. Aguilera & R. Godoy, Chile

23 June, 2019. radio: live interview at Freies Radio Wüste Welle with L. van den Brink, EarthShape phase I, project 11, University of Tübingen, Germany

09 April, 2019. public talk: K. Übernickel "EarthShape - How Biota changes the Earth's surface" (announcement), Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile

21 March, 2019. article: In der endlosen Weite dem Leben auf der Spur, Uni Spectrum, Kaiserslautern, Germany

08 March, 2019. article: Realizan primera aproximación de la diversidad microalgal de los ecosistemas terrestres de la región at announcements of UACh, Chile

14 March, 2019. article: EarthShape: Deutsch-Chilenisches Forschungsprojekt geht in die 2. Phase, GFZ Potsdam, Germany

February, 2019 instalation permanent poster: Lichen Diversity of the National Park Pan de Azúcar, by P. Jung, L. van den Brink et al., National Park Pan de Azúcar, Chile

25 February to 01 March, 2019. University course: Molecular analysis of terrestrial and freshwater cyanobacterial/algal communities in pristine temperate rainforest, Southern Chile, T. Friedl & J. Nimptsch et al., Valdivia, Chile

 

2018

 

2018. Creation of library: by L. van den Brink of all scientific studies conducted at this park, including all EarthShape papers. In future updated once per year at National Park Pan de Azúcar, Chile

09 to 12 October, 2018. EARTHSHAPE final workshop Phase I, Quedlinburg, Germany

06 October 2018. article: Forschen über (Fach-)Grenzen hinweg, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Germany

21 August, 2018. poster: Influye la lluvia en la descomposición de la hojarasca? by R. Canessa & L. van den Brink @ Segundo Seminario de Ciencias en Áreas Protegidas del Estado en la Región de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile; article: Universidad de Atacama

18 June, 2018. talk in secondary school: L. van den Brink presenting as part of presentation about the National Park Pan de Azúcar at Diego Portales school in Chañaral, Chile

May, 2018. Outreach: Preparation of EarthShape Booklet “What is EarthShape?” by PhD students & K. Übernickel & L. Paulino, English and Spanish Version – distributed in EarthShape sites National Parks in Chile, available as download

27 April, 2018. outreach: Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar: L. van den Brink explaining the influence of climate on the vegetation during excursion “Cultiva tu identidad”, program INJUV del Ministerio de Desarollo Social y Familia, Chile

 

19-20 April 2018. public talks: by R. Godoy, C. Marin and L. Paulino at local comunities in Vegas Blancas (Escuela Juan Ferriere C.,  Vegas Blanca, Nahuelbuta) & Angol (Centro Cultural, municipalidad Angol) , Chile

16 April 2018. Interview: with EarthShape published at CEAZA and newspaper El Dia , Chile

09 April, 2018 article: P. Jung et al. 2018: Uncovering the Earth's skin. Journal of Sketching Science

27 March, 2018 blog: EarthShape @ Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

13-15 March, 2018. Outreach: L. van den Brink during Guanaco Monitoring presentation of the EarthShape project research concept to officials from varying institutions, National Park Pan de Azúcar, Chile

08 - 29 March, 2018 university outreach: J. Boy leading students’ excursion “SHARE-X” in Chile, visiting all 4 EarthShape research sites & explaining the EarthShape research concept during field work, Soil Science Institute of Leibnitz Universität Hannover, realized in Chile

02 March, 2018 article: newspaper El Mercurio, Chile

28 February – 02 March, 2018. Outreach: L. van den Brink during Penguin Monitoring presentation of the EarthShape project research concept to officials from varying institutions, Reserva Nacional Pinguino de Humboldt, Isla Chañaral, Chile

21 to 24 February, 2018. symposium: Leopoldina “Earth surface shaping by biotic processes”, (Leopoldina Jahrbuch Auszug), Halle, Germany

21 February, 2018. Outreach: L. van den Brink during Bird Monitoring presentation of the EarthShape project research concept to officials from varying institutions, National Park Pan de Azúcar, Chile

15 February, 2018. public talk: M. Spohn "Element cycling - An ecophysiological perspective", Tupper, Smithsonian, Panama

13-14 February, 24 March, 27-29 March 2018. Outreach to students: L. van den Brink during excursion of students (practical period): installation of camera traps & use of GPS devices & presentation of the EarthShape project research concept, National Park Pan de Azúcar, Chile

30 January – 02 February, 2018. Outreach: L. van den Brink during Bird Monitoring presentation of the EarthShape project research concept to officials from varying institutions, National Park Nevado Tres Cruces, Chile

 

2017

 

2017. book chapter: S. Liebner & D. Wagner: Geomikrobiologie: Werkzeug in der Erdsystemforschung. Geomicrobiology: A Tool for Earth System Research. - In: Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum(Ed.), Fokus: Erde: von der Erdvermessung zum System Erde = Focus: Earth, Deutscher Kunstverlag, pp. 228-233.- (chapter mentioning EarthShape research)

28-29 November, 2017. Outreach: L. van den Brink during Penguin Monitoring presentation of the EarthShape project research concept to officials from varying institutions, Reserva Nacional Pinguino de Humboldt, Isla Chañaral, Chile

16 October, 2017. Interview of Leandro Paulino at Fundación Chile Hace Ciencia, Chile

28 July, 2017. outreach: Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar: L. van den Brink explaining the influence of climate on the vegetation during excursion “Vive tus parques”, program INJUV del Ministerio de Desarollo Social y Familia, Chile 

 

15-17 July, 2017. Outreach: L. van den Brink during Guanaco Monitoring presentation of the EarthShape project research concept to officials from varying institutions, National Park Pan de Azúcar, Chile

 

13 July, 2017. Workshop: by L. van den Brink for CONAF rangers Pan de Azúcar: How to use a GPS device (capacitación), Chile

 

02 July, 2017. Workshop: by L. van den Brink for CONAF rangers La Campana: How to use a GPS device (capacitación), Chile

 

 

01 January, 2017. Image at effzett Magazin Jülich Forschungszentrum, Germany

 

 

2016

 

December, 2016. article: in Jahresschrift der Heidelberger Geographischen Gesellschaft (HGG), Germany

 

19 December, 2016. Blog Jülich Forschungszentrum, Germany

  

15 November, 2016. talks: by group of EarthShapers (K. Übernickel, L. Paulino, R. Canessa & L. van den Brink & others to CONAF rangers of NP La Campana, presenting a variety of EarthShape projects and the ES weatherstation data, Chile

 

31 October, 2016. talks: by R. Canessa & L. van den Brink to CONAF rangers of NP Pan de Azúcar, presenting the EarthShape phase I projects number 1 and 11, Chile

 

12 October, 2016. article: . Universidad Austral de Chile

 2nd half of 2016. interview & article: GFZ Journal , Germany

18 July, 2016. article: attempto online  , Tübingen, Germany

22 June, 2016. posters at “Primer Seminario de Ciencias en Áreas Protegidas del Estado en la Región de Atacama", Copiapó, Chile by R. Canessa & L. van den Brink, Title: ¿Cómo afectan los atributos de las plantas y el clima los procesos del carbono orgánico del suelo en la Cordillera de la Costa de Chile?; articles: UdeAtacama & CONAF

24 March, 2016. article: Las Ultimas Noticias , Chile

 

22 March, 2016. article: 24 Horas, Chile

 

03 March, 2016. article: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

 

25 February, 2016. article: Conaf, Chile

 

19 January, 2016. article: Ostsee-Zeitung, Germany

 

19 January, 2016. article: NNN Schwerin, Germany

19 February, 2016. article: Diario La Region , Chile

01 April, 2014. article:  idw - Informationsdienst Wissenschaft , Germany