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New publication on assessing the relationship of major cardiovascular emergencies and environmental factors in Germany
Environmental factors such as air pollution, noise, temperature and artificial light at night can...
AQUAMOS: New Project on Mosquito Breeding Habitats and Early-Warning Systems
In October 2026, the EORC launched AQUAMOS: “AQUAtic Breeding Habitats and Early MOSquito Warning...
PhD position: Earth Observation of drought and fire impacts
Job Announcement: PhD Position on EO research of Drought, Fire and Vegetation in Kruger National...
EORC Talk: Facing the challenges of big data with multi-talented earth observation data cubes
The Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) invites to a talk by Dr. Insa Otte and colleagues...
Drone manufacturer Wingtra visits EORC
Is it possible to combine the efficiency of a fixed-wing drone with the precision of a laser...
New Team Member Magdalena Lauermann
We are delighted to welcome Magdalena Lauermann, who joined the Earth Observation Research Cluster...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Internship with Blackfooted Cat Working Group
On November 17, 2026, Jolien Grafe will present her internship results on ” Internship with...
EAGLE Goes Bouldering: Getting to Know the New Cohort
Some of the best conversations don’t happen in a seminar room but outside during a hike or –...
Lecturer Spotlight: Thilo Erbertseder
Thilo is the person at EORC who can tell you exactly how much air pollution was hanging over a...
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Pulse in the Mainpost, and invitation to the festivities
If you open the printed Mainpost today, keep an eye out for the Universitätsbund Würzburg’s...
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EAGLE Internship Presentation: Internship with Blackfooted Cat Working Group
On November 17, 2026, Jolien Grafe will present her internship results on ” Internship with...
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EAGLE Internship Presentation: Global Water Mapping and UAV Soil Moisture Estimates
On November 17, 2026, Elena Scholz will present her internship results on “Global Water...
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Field work for MONID-HABITRACK project
Today our researchers from the department working on the MONID-HABITRACK project, that is funded...
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EORC Talk Recap: From Data to Insight – Rethinking Machine Learning for Earth Observation
On October 29, 2026, we had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Marco Körner from the Earth...
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Evening lecture entitled ‘Where is humanity taking our planet?’
As part of the ‘Future Climate Experience Weeks’, our Professor Hannes Taubenböck was...
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New publication on assessing the relationship of major cardiovascular emergencies and environmental factors in Germany
Environmental factors such as air pollution, noise, temperature and artificial light at night can...
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University Press reports on Stefan Dech receiving the Bavarian State Medal
The University of Würzburg’s online magazine einBLICK has covered the award ceremony at which...
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Remote Sensing for Germany #2
Last year, we gave an overview of our remote sensing work on environmental issues having a special...
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Lecturer Spotlight: Thilo Erbertseder
Thilo is the person at EORC who can tell you exactly how much air pollution was hanging over a...
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Simon Plank gives a talk at GZS-Seminar at EOC of DLR
On October 22, our habilitation candidate and guest lecturer from DLR, Dr. Simon Plank gave an...
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EAGLE Goes Bouldering: Getting to Know the New Cohort
Some of the best conversations don’t happen in a seminar room but outside during a hike or –...
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Guest lecture on UAV Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere at UNIS, Svalbard, shows glacier retreat within one year
Last week, Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann traveled to...
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New paper ‘From Spatial to Platial Decision Support’ published
Three years ago, at the Geolingual Studies Workshop (see here:...
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Stefan Dech awarded the Bavarian State Medal for Services to the Environment
Big news for the whole EORC family: Prof. Stefan Dech has received the Bavarian State Medal for...
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New Team Member Magdalena Lauermann
We are delighted to welcome Magdalena Lauermann, who joined the Earth Observation Research Cluster...
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AQUAMOS: New Project on Mosquito Breeding Habitats and Early-Warning Systems
In October 2026, the EORC launched AQUAMOS: “AQUAtic Breeding Habitats and Early MOSquito Warning...
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EO4CAM Biodiversity Meeting in Würzburg: Connecting Research, Data and Applications for Biodiversity Monitoring
On October 15, 2026, researchers from the EO4CAM (Earth Observation Laboratory for...
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New paper on Assessing the influence of exposure data quality on tsunami damage modelling
Exposure data is essential for effective disaster management. Remote sensing is of great...
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New publication on Global regularities and regional patterns in social media discourse
Cities are complex entities that are defined and distinguished by their physical, social,...
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Book launch event on “Geolingual Studies on Urban Space”.
The Geolingual Studies team has published a book entitled “Geolingual Studies on Urban Space”. We...
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