Finally, the former Institute for Oceanography is moving to the new building "Haus der Erde" (House of Earth), Bundesstraße 57. Our group was among the first to "inaugurate" the fifth floor. Some things might not be fully functional yet (like the meeting rooms), but that doesn't stop us from having...

For this year's group retreat, we spent the first day at Warburg house in Hamburg followed by two days at Buschhof Kattendorf. The first day was all about getting to know each other. We had a fun personal poster party to learn about each other's work followed by an amazing scavenger hunt, and time...