Dr. Ramesh Glückler | Geographer & Geoecologist

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Andorra, Canillo (2024): The Pont Tibetà is one of the longest pedestrian suspension bridges in the world (Photo by Izabella Baisheva)

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Austria, Upper Austria (2022): Sunrise near the Hallstätter Glacier, Dachstein Mountains

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Austria, Vienna (2022): Geoscientists might recognize this place immediately - view from the Austria Center Vienna congress center during EGU2022

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Austria, Upper Austria (2025): Fieldwork on snowshoes in the Dachstein Mountains

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Belgium, Brussels (2026): Construction site in front of the Berlaymont building, the headquarters of the European Commission

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Belgium, Flemish Brabant, Leuven (2026): A sediment core exhibited on the campus of KU Leuven, related to studies on the regional landscape evolution in the Dyle floodplain (see https://ees.kuleuven.be/nld/floodplainscapes/dijlevallei/)

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China, Shanghai (2019): Pudong/Lujiazui skyline at night

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China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou (2019): Rainy day on the West Lake

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China, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot (2025): Yurt in the Chilechuan Grassland

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China, Shaanxi, Xi'an (2025): Walk along the well-preserved 14th century city wall

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China, Shaanxi, Xi'an (2025): The Terracotta Army at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang

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China, Shaanxi (2025): View of the Loess Plateau

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China, Sichuan, Chengdu (2025): Donghuamen ruins park with Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) canal ruins and a reconstructed Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) mansion footprint

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China, Tianjin (2025): Colonial history with the former Italian concession near the modern CBD

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China, Beijing, Changping (2025): View from Yinshan

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China, Beijing (2025): Astronomical instruments on the Beijing Ancient Observatory, one of the oldest in the world

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Czech Republic, Prague (2024): View across the city from Prague Castle

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Denmark, Copenhagen (2022): Colorful facades along the famous Nyhavn canal

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Estonia (2015): Bog landscape in the Lahemaa National Park

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Estonia, Tallinn (2015): View from Vanalinn

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Finland, Turku, Ruissalo (2015): Erratic boulder ("findling"), split by frost weathering

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Finland, Svedjehamn (2015): This region in the Gulf of Bothnia experiences record rates of isostatic uplift

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France, Paris (2022): View from the Eiffel Tower towards La Défense

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France, Paris (2022): View from Centre Pompidou, with Montmatre and La Défense in the background

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France, Aude (2024): Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse in the "land of the Cathars"

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Germany, Bavaria (2018): Dendrochronology fieldwork in the Allgäu Alps

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Germany, Berlin (2018): View from the Global Tower at Potsdamer Platz towards Alexanderplatz

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Germany, Bavaria (2020): Approaching the summit of Großer Daumen in the Allgäu Alps

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Germany, Bavaria, Munich (2021): View from the church tower of St. Peter - a part of the Alps can be seen along the horizon

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Germany, Bavaria (2021): View from the Nebelhorn mountain in the Allgäu Alps

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Germany, Brandenburg, Cottbus (2021): Flooding of an end-of-life open pit lignite mine to create an artificial lake, with both a coal power plant and a wind farm in the background

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Germany, Brandenburg (2021): View from a levee towards frozen floodplains in the Lower Oder Valley International Park

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Germany, Brandenburg (2022): Obtaining short lacustrine sediment cores

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Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt (2022): Dead trees at Brocken in the Harz Mountains, as a combined result of spruce monoculture, climate change, and bark beetle infestation. These views sparked heated public debates about forest management.

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Germany, Lower Saxony, Cuxhaven (2022): View of the tidal flats at the Wadden Sea

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Germany, Brandenburg (2022): Pine forest near Treuenbrietzen, four years after a wildfire

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Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Helgoland (2022): Nightfall on the country's most "remote" island

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Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam (2024): Checking an extinguished small vegetation fire for remaining heat signatures with a thermal camera (with Freiwillige Feuerwehr Potsdam Zentrum)

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Greece, Elis, Archaia Olympia (2018): Site of the ancient Olympics

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Greece, Cephalonia, Asos (2018): View from Asos Castle towards the town, built on a narrow isthmus

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Italy, Rome (2022): View from the Tiber River towards Vatican City

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Italy, Campania (2022): View into the crater of Mt. Vesuvius, an active stratovolcano

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Italy, Campania, Ercolano (2022): Remains of the ancient city of Herculaneum, which was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE

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Japan, Hiroshima (2017): Also remains, but not as ancient - view of the A-Bomb Dome or Hiroshima Peace Memorial, destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945 CE

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Japan, Kyoto (2017): Inside Nanzen-ji, a Zen Buddhist temple initially established more than 700 years ago

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Japan, Tokyo, Koto (2017): Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, a place to learn about preparedness with an earthquake simulator and great science communication - view into the operation room from where relief efforts can be directed across the city

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Japan, Kyoto (2019): Kyoto International Conference Center, location where the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997 CE

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Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya (2019): View from the CBD

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Japan, Fukuoka (2019): This wall at Hakata Bay is a remaining defensive structure used by the Japanese during the attempted Mongol Invasion under Kublai Khan in the 13th century

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Japan, Kumamoto (2019): Reconstruction work at Kumamoto Castle after it was damaged during the 2016 earthquakes

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Japan, Kagoshima (2019): Protective shelter near the active Sakurajima volcano (background)

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Japan, Kagoshima (2019): Debris being removed in a volcanic hazard mitigation canal near the active Sakurajima volcano (background)

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Japan, Tokyo, Minato (2019): View from the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills on what is still the most populous metro area in the world

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Japan, Kyoto (2023): Evening at the Kamogawa, with Hieizan in the background

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Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya (2023): View towards the famous scramble crossing from the Shibuya Hikarie highrise

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Japan, Hokkaido, Abashiri (2023): Sea ice on the Sea of Okhotsk, delivering nutrients all the way from the Amur River - an ecological process endangered by climate change

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Japan, Hokkaido, Toyako (2023): Remains of a suburb destroyed by the phreatic eruption of Mt. Usu in 2000 CE

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Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View towards the crater of Mt. Usu, an active stratovolcano

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Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View towards Asahidake, an active stratovolcano and highest mountain of Hokkaido

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Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View of the Ohaichidaira caldera in the Daisetsuzan Mountains

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Japan, Hokkaido (2023): Hike through alpine vegetation (e.g., Leontopodium discolor) on Rebun Island

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Japan, Hokkaido, Biratori (2023): Nibutani is a prime location to learn from the Indigenous Ainu

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Japan, Hokkaido, Akkeshi (2023): View towards the entrance to Akkeshi Bay, from an elevated multifunctional tsunami evacuation zone and recreational park

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Japan, Hokkaido, Teshikaga (2024): View of Lake Mashu, a caldera lake with exceptional water transparency

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Japan, Hokkaido, Sapporo (2024): High amounts of snow require special logistics to keep the metro area with a population of more than than two million running

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Liechtenstein, Vaduz (2022): View across the city towards Switzerland on the other side of the valley

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Netherlands, Utrecht, Stichtse Vecht (2025): Sunrise at the polder

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Netherlands, South Holland, Rotterdam (2025): Kop van Zuid with the MS Rotterdam of the Holland America Line and the Erasmus Bridge, seen from a Watertaxi on the Nieuwe Maas

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Netherlands, North Holland, Schoorl (2026): View from the Catrijper Nok, the highest dune of the Netherlands and at 55.4 m the highest point of the Holland provinces

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Netherlands, North Holland, Petten (2026): View towards the North Sea and the Palendorp memorial installation. The wooden posts resemble structures of a former village that was swept away by floods. Today the village is protected by a newly reinforced dike (Hondsbossche Zeewering en Duinen)

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Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Szczecin (2021): View towards the National Museum and the Voivodeship Office Building along the Oder River

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Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kołobrzeg (2022): Approaching the Baltic Sea

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Oymyakonsky District (2021): Truck on the Kolyma Highway in the southern Verkhoyansk Mountains

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Oymyakonsky District (2021): Fieldwork at remote lakes in the southern Verkhoyansk Mountains

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk (2021): Central district of the largest city built on continuous permafrost

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tattinsky District (2021): Wildfire smoke plume near Ytyk Kyuyol

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tattinsky District (2021): Burned larch forest near Ytyk Kyuyol

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Churapchinsky District (2021): Track through degrading permafrost polygons (byllar)

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Megino-Kangalassky District (2021): Expanding thermokarst lake (tyympy) near Maya

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Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Megino-Kangalassky District (2021): Crossing the Lena River from Nizhny Bestyakh to Yakutsk - easier in winter when one can simply drive across the frozen river

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Slovenia, Ljubljana (2025): View towards the Julian Alps from Ljubljana's historical Nebotičnik highrise building

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Slovenia, Bled (2025): Picturesque Lake Bled in the Julian Alps, seen from Mala Osojnica

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Slovenia, Postojna (2025): Impression from within the famous Postojna Cave

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Slovenia, Divača (2025): View towards the karst sinkholes (dolines) at the Škocjan Caves

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Spain, Catalonia, Girona (2024): View of the well-preserved historical center from the city wall (Photo by Izabella Baisheva)

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Spain, Aragon, Zaragoza (2026): View of the Ebro river running through the city, seen from the northern tower of the Basilica del Pilar

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Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona (2026): View towards central districts and the controversial Christopher Columbus Monument from Montjuïc

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Switzerland, Geneva (2024): Mural at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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Sweden, Skåne County, Malmö (2022): Colorful back streets

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Sweden, Skåne County, Kåseberga (2022): Ale's Stones, one of the country's largest megalithic monuments

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USA, California, Daly City (2023): View towards San Francisco after a hike in the San Bruno Mountain State Park

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USA, California, San Francisco (2023): Smokey the Bear wildfire prevention poster - a controversial mascot among fire ecologists

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USA, California, Marin Headlands (2023): View towards the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay

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USA, Pennsylvania (2026): Aerial view of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

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USA, Pennsylvania, State College (2026): Prescribed burn near Penn State University campus, seen from Mt. Nittany

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Vatican City (2022): View from St. Peter's Basilica towards Rome