Helmholtz Research Program
„Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future“
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In the Helmholtz research field "Earth and Environment", seven centres work under the umbrella of the joint research programme
Go to the program »Research Units
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Research Unit
Environment and Society
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Research Unit
Ecosystems of the Future
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Research Unit
Water Resources & Environment
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Research Unit
Chemicals in the Environment
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Research Unit
Sustainable Ecotechnologies
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Research Unit
Smart Models / Monitoring
climate change, land use change, demographical change
Cross-sectional topics
Projects (Third-party funds)
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Research is conducted in over 300 third-party funded projects, with national and international partners from science, politics, economics and society. Here you will find a database of our third-party funded projects.