LIAG Research Report 2024: An Overview
The LIAG, an independent, non-university research institution in Hanover, shows in its Research Report 2024 back on an extremely successful year: with 47 externally funded projects and third-party funding revenues of approximately three million euros, LIAG underscores its central role in applied geophysics research.
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Natural hydrogen: research for sustainable energy through white hydrogen
One of the first research initiatives dedicated to these questions is the pioneering HyAfrica project. The discovery of natural hydrogen deposits in Africa happened rather by chance: during construction work, evidence of hydrogen was discovered at depth. Initial investigations indicated that the quantity could be sufficient to supply entire communities with energy - an opportunity for sustainable energy utilisation.
Near-surface geothermal energy: Further maps published in GeotIS
The research project WärmeGut, led by LIAG, has published further easy-to-understand overview maps based on a traffic light system for the installation potential of geothermal probes in the Geothermal Information System GeotIS. Traffic light maps have now been published for the federal states of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia.
60 pupils at the Geozentrum Hanover
The ‘Future Day 2025’ at the Geozentrum Hannover was fully booked. 60 pupils attended today's ‘Girls'Day, Boys'Day 2025’ to find out what the three institutions at the Geozentrum - the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology and the LIAG - have to offer in terms of career prospects.
Groundwater resources in the Kalahari: First workshop at LIAG in Hanover
Southern Africa is one of the areas of the world most affected by drought. In the SeeKaquA project, an international research team led by the LIAG aims to detect deep groundwater resources in the Kalahari using state-of-the-art drone-based electromagnetics. There was a first full project meeting at LIAG in Hanover.
Sea level rise after the last ice age: more knowledge
New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to understand the impact global warming has had on the ice caps and on sea level rise. The findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature by researchers from Deltares, LIAG, BGR, Utrecht University, TNO Netherlands Geological Service, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Amsterdam.
Making ore deposits in the Harz Mountains visible: Researchers test new method with helicopter and publish first 3D models
As part of the DESMEX-REAL research project, further measurments will take place in the Harz Mountains in August. The aim of the DESMEX-REAL research project, which is planned until 2025 and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is to set up a so-called real laboratory in the "old mining region of the Upper Harz". The first 3D model of potential ore deposits is already available.
