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Why are we the way we are?

An Interview with archaeologist Bárbara Rodriguez Álvarez

Since Bárbara Rodriguez Álvarez got a fossil of an ammonite by her dad when she was a kid, she has been studying the traces of the past as an archaeologist.

A big and very challenging puzzle

Interview with Dr. habil. Krister T. Smith

How does climate (change) influence ecological cycles and what can fossils teach us about the climate of past times? Paleontologist Dr.Smith is fascinated about the roots of life. In this interview, he explains the origins of his excitement for Paleoherpetology and sheds light on the secrets hidden in the Messel Pit.

About the importance of saving the biodiversity of our planet and the CBD Zero Draft

Interview with Dr. Hanieh Saeedi (SF)

Senckenberg researcher Dr. Hanieh Saeedi explains why assessments like the Zero Draft are important and why we need to act on saving the biodiversity of our planet immediately. 

Science provides impetus

Those who want to bring science into the realm of politics and society face new challenges. The director of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Center and Senckenberg board member Katrin Böhning­-Gaese identifies what these challenges are and how Senckenberg will approach them constructively.

Oceans in Climate Change

An Interview with Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt

Plastic pollution and acidification are changing the oceans. But about 70 percent of our planet is covered by seas, which are thus the largest living space on earth. Our oceans have an enormous influence on the climate, the metabolic cycles and therefore our daily environment!