MS Wissenschaft: Science Communication in a Special Place

Hello, my name is Paul, and I welcome you aboard the MS Wissenschaft! You are now inside a 102-meter-long cargo ship that once used to transport gravel, coal and other goods on rivers and canals across Europe. But for more than twenty years now, it carries science – like in this exhibition. The annually changing […]

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A Journey Through Time: Reconstructing Earth’s Climate from History

While nature preserves traces of past climates in ice cores, tree rings, and sediments, human records provide a unique and often overlooked perspective1. Diaries, harvest logs, ship logs2, art, and architecture can reveal how people experienced and responded to changing weather patterns over the course of centuries. These sources complement scientific data and provide context […]

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