Max Engel
@drmaex.bsky.social
Head of Lab. for Geomorphology & Geoecology, Heidelberg Uni | Assoc. Research Fellow at Geological Survey of 🇧🇪 | Corresponding Member, German Archaeol. Inst. (DAI) | Editorial board Geomorphica, Geologica Belgica | views are my own #proclimateaction
We're hiring at pre-doc level @uniheidelberg.bsky.social to explore environmental changes in the Hajar Mountains #Oman across Palaeolithic-Neolithic timescales @dfg.de #gacr #weave #geoarchaeology Start: Oct/Nov Duration: 3 years Details: shorturl.at/ijEa7 Interested? DM/Email! Thx for sharing!
Finall call to register for the annual meeting of the German Society for Geomorphology #DGGM #DGGM2026 @uniheidelberg.bsky.social -- extended deadline is tomorrow, 15 July! www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/en/dggm2026 Looking forward to welcome #geomorph folks in Heidelberg!
⚒️ 🧪 A catastrophic earthquake just struck northern Venezuela. Large buildings have collapsed, and the USGS PAGER is forecasting thousands of fatalities. Our colleague in Caracas, Dr. Frank Audemard, has shared with us what the earthquake felt like and footage from the region. Here’s what we know.
Catastrophic M7.5 earthquake strikes northern Venezuela
Severe damage; collapsed buildings; significant fatalities possible
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OK, so #FIFA tells us that symbols commemorating national independence and liberation from colonial oppression and exploitation is "too political" and we should maintain a neutral perspective on these types of benchmark historical events. Got it. #worldcup2026 www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Haiti forced to change World Cup jerseys after Fifa rejects ‘political’ elements
The manufacturer of the team’s World Cup jerseys said the design was ‘not intended as a political statement’
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Enshittification of the Beautiful Game #FIFA #Worldcup2026 p.dw.com/p/5ETB2
Was mit der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft alles nicht stimmt
Die Fußball-WM 2026 sorgt schon vor ihrem Beginn für laute Kritik: Die Politik von Donald Trump, die Kommerzialisierung durch die FIFA, die Aufstockung auf 48 Teams, die Folgen für das Klima - all das...
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Powerful #earthquake south off #Mindanao #Philippines triggering #tsunami. Stay safe everyone! www.rappler.com/philippines/...
LIVE UPDATES: Magnitude 7.8 Mindanao earthquake
A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani province on Monday morning, June 8, rocking many parts of Mindanao and triggering a
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First full manuscript of the #NORSEAT project funded by @belspo.be on stratigraphies and sedimentary environments offshore of the #Shetland Islands - led by Rikza Nahar #UGent #preprint #openaccess @ppcosta.bsky.social @tsuenamidawson.bsky.social @debatistmarc.bsky.social doi.org/10.31223/X53...
In October 2026 we're going to host the annual meeting of the German Society for #Geomorphology #DGGM @uniheidelberg.bsky.social - Submissions are welcome, deadline 30 June 2026 - Detailed information ➡️ www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/en/dggm2026
It's time to introduce six new associate editors at Geomorphica, who will help us manage the growing number of submissions. First up is Max Engel! #MeetMeMonday
The #NORSEAT project on #offshore #tsunami deposits and Holocene sea-leve change in the #Shetland Islands is in its final year and reports are being drafted. During the wait I'll drop here the first project report published by the #Heidelberg Geographical Society shorturl.at/Wobxn
When your colleague is sick in bed and you jump in to give their presentation...
Anatomy of a massive landslide #tsunami facilitated by #climatechange in the Subarctic
Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦@watershedlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨New paper about the second largest tsunami ever recorded, just published in @science.org A short 🧪⚒️🌊 thread #EGU26 @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Was great to have you here at Heidelberg, @stever60.bsky.social !!!
Stephen Roberts@stever60.bsky.social · 3mo agoTrip to beautiful Heidelberg to discuss our new palaeotsunami Shetland Islands project to look at cores/data, train up the Rhine to Bonn for a DFG meeting, back via Koln/Brussels @bas.ac.uk @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @drmaex.bsky.social #collaboration #tsunami #shetland #sedimentology
💎 Diamond Open Access ftw! 🙌🏽
Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk · 3mo agoWe are delighted to announce that every research article accepted for publication in Antiquity after 1 June 2026 will be published completely #OpenAccess at no cost to the author or reader! More information here: www.cambridge.org/core/service... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org 🏺 #Archaeology
@uniheidelberg.bsky.social Master student Nel's first manuscript on #EarthArXiv #preprint - Flooding pattern and refined timing of the Late #Holocene tsunami on the #Shetland Islands based on #OSL and high-res grain size and heavy mineral data, funded by @belspo.be doi.org/10.31223/X55...
Trotz fataler Abhängigkeit von Erdöl und Erdgas plant die Regierung Angriffe auf #Energiewende und #erneuerbare Energien. Das gefährdet Wohlstand und Demokratie. , 12 Uhr: Stoppschild in #Hamburg #Berlin #München #Köln.
The last breath of winter last week got us some fabulous hikes in knee-deep snow ❄️🤍🏔️ #Alps #Garmisch #Höllental
18. April #Energiewende verteidigen - Bring it to the streets, defend #renewables ✊🏽 ⚡ 🔋 ☀️ 🌬️
Christoph Bautz@christophbautz.bsky.social · 4mo agoAm Samstag in zwei Wochen, den 18.4. sind wir alle gefragt, gegen Katherina Reiche und ihren Frontalangriff auf die Energiewende auf die Straße zu gehen - in Berlin, Hamburg, Köln und München. Seid dabei und bringt Freund*innen und Bekannte zu den Demos mit! erneuerbare-energien-verteidigen.de
Happy to have Aleksandre Prosperini #PhDstudent @sorbonne-universite.fr back in our lab through a @daadworldwide.bsky.social scholarship - last week exploring the relic periglacial block field of Felsenmeer, a local #geomorph gem 💎 #Odenwald 🇩🇪 (yeh, it gets busy on a weekend...)
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 5mo agoUnsere neue Studie: die Erderwärmung hat sich ab 2015 erheblich beschleunigt. Die rote Kurve zeigt 10-Jahres-Trends, um je 1 Jahr versetzt; der letzte ist 2015-2024. Die blaue Kurve zeigt den Trend vor und nach dem objektiv bestimmten change point. 👉 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
March 11 marks the 15th anniversary of the 3rd-largest seismic event ever recorded, the magnitude 9.1 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Recovery from this devastating event is still ongoing. Research into ways to make our society more resilient to nature's unpredictability continues.
We still have a long way to go for climate education 😵...
Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌@parentsforfuture.de · 5mo ago"Zwischen der Erde und der Sonne ist die Atmosphäre. Und wenn die immer dünner wird, dann wird die Sonne immer heißer. Und der Grund dafür sind Abgase, CO₂ und und und" - Manuel Hagel, CDU Spitzenkandidat für die Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg zu Schülern, ARD Mittagsmagazin vom 2. März 2026
Das muss man erstmal schaffen, ein Gesetzesvorhaben zu präsentieren, das so durchsichtig ausschließlich fossilen Lobbyinteressen dient, allen anderen aber schadet, dass man diese Phalanx aus Kritik inspiriert. Chapaeau, Schwarz-Rot! Hier eine kleine Auswahl.
#throwback to chilly mornings and interesting choices of shades in the #Arabian desert #fieldwork #2015 with @dai-weltweit.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @dfg.de
This study on historical clay extraction in the floodplain the late-glacial palaeo-channel of the Neckar river evolved from several undergrad field courses and is our first collaboration with the #Hessen State Archive @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @henselowsky.bsky.social doi.org/10.5194/egqs...
Our PhD student Katharina 👩🏼🔬 starring in @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #tdlab' s video 📽️ about transformative environmental research in Physical Geography which is going to be used in teaching in the #TrafU framework. Great fun to shoot this in the lab! ⚗️🧪🔬🐚 @nicoleaeschbach.bsky.social
Sand and dust in all colours and shapes at the annual meeting of the German working group on Desert Margin Research in snow-covered #Hessen Schloss Rauischholzhausen
