Institute of Environmental Physics
Links
Colloquium, 13.11.2025, 11:15, INF229, SR110, Deep Learning Approaches to Filling Gaps in Observational Climate Datasets
50 years of environmental physics “The Celebration”
We would like to express our gratitude for a successful and very enjoyable celebration with more than 300 guests. It was a truly wonderful, intergenerational, and very moving moment. A big thank you to the organizing committee and all the helpers whose dedication made the celebration possible. Thanks again to everyone who has supported us over the past 50 years and contributed to our success with their research. During the celebration, we received a lot of positive feedback about the presentations, especially those given by young scientists, and we are working to publish them in full or in excerpts on YouTube as soon as possible. Feel free to visit the Kudoboard, where you will find a link to photos of the celebration and can still write comments. The university has also commented on our history in the Unispiegel. We look forward to the next 10 years and thank you all for your support.
About us
Our scientific mission as a branch of physics investigates the flow of energy and matter in our environment in order to better understand the Earth's climate system from the past to the future.
Research
Our research is dedicated to the physical and geochemical processes of the Earth's climate system. The research groups work on these topics using state-of-the-art technologies, from quantum physics to remote sensing, and applying simulation techniques. Our research has led to various institutional collaborations. We also offer our technical expertise and numerical solutions for research and education as services. Our publications are a main product of our research work, alongside the training of young scientists to become independent researchers.
Teaching
Environmental Physics offers numerous lectures with a focus on environmental physics, and modules on the physics of the atmosphere, aquatic systems as well as the earth's climate. Compulsory and master's seminars provide an introduction key scientific topics, and we discuss current environmental research literature in a journal club. Numerous special lectures offer in-depth studies on radiative transfer, remote sensing of the atmosphere, limnology and isotope methods. Environmental Physics also offers practical experiments in the advanced practical course and accompanies research projects of students in our research areas from the project internship to the dissertation.