The Kalahari research team from BIUST and Freie Universität Berlin in the former lake basin of the Tsodilo Hills during field work in August 2015 (from left to right, standing: B. Kgosidntsi; C. D. Ramotoroko; Frank Riedel; P. Tlale; Robert Wiese; J. Kaavera; A. Kandjou; B. Nthaba; Kai Hartmann; sitting: K. Kavindama; Venise Bayer; Lasse Riedel)
Freie Universität Berlin Receives Grants from German Research Foundation for Earth Science Project in Botswana. Earth scientists Frank Riedel and Dr. Kai Hartmann from Freie Universität are studying environmental and climate changes over the past millennia in Tsodilo Hills, Botswana, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. Their research is focusing on the emergence, existence, and disappearance of a lake in the area. The German Research Foundation (DFG) approved a grant of 20,000 euros for a period of 18 months. The researchers plan to complete a pilot study by the end of 2016, which depending on the results, could later be developed into an extensive research project. "We believe that we can submit a renewal proposal to the DFG next spring because our field work, which was concluded at the beginning of September, was very successful and we are getting very interesting results already," said Frank Riedel, a professor of paleontology at Freie Universität. The scientists from Freie Universität are working in Botswana with Elisha Shemang from the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Gertrud Matsviri from National Monuments and Museum of Botswana.
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