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Max Engel

@drmaex.bsky.social

Head of Lab. for Geomorphology & Geoecology, Heidelberg Uni | Assoc. Research Fellow at Geological Survey of πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ | Corresponding Member, German Archaeol. Inst. (DAI) | #tsunami #geomorphology #Quaternary #geoarchaeology #proclimateaction | views are my own

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Katharina Hess being interviewed about her research

Katharina Hess being interviewed about her research

A gastropod shell picked from a sediment core with a pinch

A gastropod shell picked from a sediment core with a pinch

Two persons in front of a computer screen discussing data on grain-size distributions

Two persons in front of a computer screen discussing data on grain-size distributions

Our PhD student Katharina πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸ”¬ starring in @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #tdlab' s video πŸ“½οΈ about transformative environmental research in Physical Geography which is going to be used in teaching in the #TrafU framework. Great fun to shoot this in the lab! βš—οΈπŸ§ͺπŸ”¬πŸš @nicoleaeschbach.bsky.social

11.02.2026 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Schloss Rauischholzhausen with snow

Schloss Rauischholzhausen with snow

Oral presentation of Daniel Wolf, TU Dresden

Oral presentation of Daniel Wolf, TU Dresden

Interior of Schloss Rauischholzhausen

Interior of Schloss Rauischholzhausen

Sand and dust in all colours and shapes at the annual meeting of the German working group on Desert Margin Research in snow-covered #Hessen Schloss Rauischholzhausen

07.02.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BΓΆllenfalltorstadion

BΓΆllenfalltorstadion

Fireworks in the away stands, 1. FC NΓΌrnberg

Fireworks in the away stands, 1. FC NΓΌrnberg

First home game in 2026, first win πŸ™ŒπŸΌβšœοΈβš½πŸŸοΈ #SVDFCN #SVD #D98

23.01.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Storm signals in coastal sediments: A review of palaeostorm archives and analytical approaches in north-west Europe

Our review on coastal environmental archives of storminess in NW Europe led by Katharina Hess is avilable as a #preprint on @eartharxivbot.bsky.social
lakes, machairs, peatland, dunes, tidal flats, lagoons, cliff tops, beach ridges - it's all covered! 🏞️

doi.org/10.31223/X58...

23.01.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Unused bumper stickers on marble surface advertising the annual meeting of the German Society for Geomorphology 2026 in Heidelberg

Unused bumper stickers on marble surface advertising the annual meeting of the German Society for Geomorphology 2026 in Heidelberg

First bumper stickers arrived - announcing the 2026 annual meeting of the German Society for Geomorphology #DGGM at Heidelberg, 07-10 Oct #DGGM2026 more info tba!

08.01.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another ⚽ World Cup to ignore in light of this moral abyss.

05.12.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Four decades of the πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Working Group on Marine and Coastal Geography – Interdisciplinary perspectives and practices" πŸŒŠπŸ–οΈπŸŒπŸš’πŸŒπŸ¦ͺ #ERDKUNDE #AMK #AMK24 #openaccess

doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2025.03.01

30.12.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bunter sandstone outcropping in a historical hollow way

Bunter sandstone outcropping in a historical hollow way

Path in the forest, counterlight

Path in the forest, counterlight

View across the valley of MΓΌmling, Bavaria-Hesse border

View across the valley of MΓΌmling, Bavaria-Hesse border

Hoarfrost

Hoarfrost

Bunter #Sandstone #Buntsandstein #Odenwald magic βœ¨β˜€οΈ

28.12.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guter Tag um an @hateaid.org zu spenden, habe das auch gerade schnell erledigt.

hateaid.org

25.12.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9

OK, that was super-fast typesetting: the #AMK24 special issue "Four decades of the Working Group on Marine and Coastal Geography" is now published as Vol 79(3/4) in #ERDKUNDE πŸ’Ž #openaccess

doi.org/10.3112/erdk...

www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/issue/view/404

24.12.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Early View | ERDKUNDE

Finally, all papers from the #AMK24 meeting of the German working group of marine and #coastal #geography @uniheidelberg.bsky.social in 2024 accepted for the SI in ERDKUNDE πŸ’Ž #openaccess #notforprofit are online. Guest editorial submitted βœ… Watch out!

www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/issue/view/e...

22.12.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Got 6 of them from the πŸ“˜ shop yesterday - πŸŽ„πŸŽ for everyone in my team πŸ™ŒπŸ½

19.12.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Martin Koehler (University of Queensland) presenting his PhD work to the geomorphology group at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University

Martin Koehler (University of Queensland) presenting his PhD work to the geomorphology group at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University

Autumnal view across the Neckar river towards the Old Town, Alte BrΓΌcke and castle of Heidelberg, Germany.

Autumnal view across the Neckar river towards the Old Town, Alte BrΓΌcke and castle of Heidelberg, Germany.

Outcrop of stratigraphic boundary of Permian Heidelberg granite and arkose of the Rotliegend, right at Heidelberg castle

Outcrop of stratigraphic boundary of Permian Heidelberg granite and arkose of the Rotliegend, right at Heidelberg castle

I met Martin Koehler #phdstudent #UQ #Australia at the 2024 #ISROC field school St. Croix #USVI. This week he visited @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and presented his work on coastal boulder deposits in the South Pacific #Tonga. Good opportunity for a short tour of the (geo)highlights of #Heidelberg!

19.12.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another ⚽ World Cup to ignore in light of this moral abyss.

05.12.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bullsh*t policies on πŸš™πŸ’¨ exposed. Good read. Physics 🀝🏽 Economics 🀝🏽 Sociology

02.12.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing | Science | EL PAÍS English One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 billion in 2024

On unethical editorial practice at STOTEN - Science of the Total Environmental- and how this has ultimately led to delisting at Clarivate.

english.elpais.com/science-tech...

#academia #academicchatter

01.12.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Local train stop in frozen winter setting, at the break of dawn

Local train stop in frozen winter setting, at the break of dawn

Winter commute 🚲 πŸš‰ 🚲 ❄️ 🧀🧣

27.11.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paid the German conference on Luminescence and Electron-Spin Resonance Dating #DLED2025 @uniheidelberg.bsky.social a visit today. Gorgeous location right below the castle at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and definitely the best conference gadget!

dled2025.geog.uni-heidelberg.de

15.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Close-up of lake sediment core with ruler in Aavatech XRF scanner

Close-up of lake sediment core with ruler in Aavatech XRF scanner

lake sediment core with ruler in Aavatech XRF scanner

lake sediment core with ruler in Aavatech XRF scanner

Starting XRF scanning of this summer's #Shetland Islands lake sediment cores @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #earthsciences in 3, 2, 1... 🏁 🩻 πŸ“‰#avaatech

13.11.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The rate at which the Philippines are hit by super-typhoons is breathtaking. At the same time it is πŸ’” to see how global leaders seem to absolutely not care about the accelerating impacts of climate change as reflected by their policies.

10.11.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Philippines declares a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and hundreds missing in central provinces.

BREAKING: The Philippines declares a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 114 dead and hundreds missing in central provinces.

06.11.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 459    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 15

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02.11.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first cores of the HOTSTORMS project! @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @stever60.bsky.social + collaborators across πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ

02.11.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Office for today, on an 11-hr train journey from Poland πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± back home πŸš„πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸŽ§πŸœπŸ˜Œ

01.11.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite impressed by #GdaΕ„sk πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± not gonna lie...

31.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sign saying STORMLINK WORKSHOP

Sign saying STORMLINK WORKSHOP

Building of the Geography department of GdaΕ„sk University

Building of the Geography department of GdaΕ„sk University

Dinner selfie of workshop participants

Dinner selfie of workshop participants

Worldclass pastries game during the workshop

Worldclass pastries game during the workshop

Spending 2 days at GdaΕ„sk University πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± for the STORMLINK Workshop 🌬️🌊 discussing washover dynamics in all detail. Thanks for having us @damianm.bsky.social !

31.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The final paper on the standardisation of field data collection in CBD 🌊πŸͺ¨ research now out in #NHESS @nh.egu.eu @egu.eu Thanks to RΓ³nadh Cox taking the lead and everyone else involved! An ISROC.network initiative funded by #NSF

doi.org/10.5194/nhes...

29.10.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Start of the winter term @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #geography undergrads let's go!

14.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
3rd IAL-IPA conference, session on coastal lakes and lagoons, Katharina Hess is giving her oral presentation in a conference room

3rd IAL-IPA conference, session on coastal lakes and lagoons, Katharina Hess is giving her oral presentation in a conference room

Title slide of Katharina's presentation

Title slide of Katharina's presentation

Take-away coffee cup with IAL-IPA conference logo

Take-away coffee cup with IAL-IPA conference logo

Today we concluded the @ialipa2025.bsky.social conference on #palaeolimnology and #limnogeology at Aix-les-BainsπŸ‡¨πŸ‡΅ with the session on #coastal lakes and #lagoons - Katharina Hess @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #geography presenting her work on palaeo-storms and #tsunamis in the #Shetland Islands

10.10.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Earthquake source parameters

Earthquake source parameters

Mw=7.4, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (Depth: 62 km), 2025/10/10 01:43:59 UTC - Full details here: http://geoscope.ipgp.fr/scripts/seismes/fiche.php?seis=us6000rfwz

10.10.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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