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1. The DC powered service of the Berlin suburban railways disturbed the observations in Potsdam and Seddin. 2. A suitable location for the establishment of a new observatory was found near by the small town of Niemegk. 3. The “Adolf-Schmidt-Observatorium für Erdmagnetismus Niemegk” was officially opened on 23 July 1930, Adolf Schmidt’s 70^th. 4. The observations started on 1 January 1932. 5. The Niemegk measurement series span over 92 years only interrupted at the end of World War II.

This paper deals with historical auroral photographs taken at the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (Finland) in 1927–1929. These photos are the first ones taken in Finland. The work was a co-operation with the Norwegian auroral team and Carl Störmer. The auroral material was recently found in the archive of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and is now published first time for the international scientific community.

Contemporary analysis of Amundsen’s 120 years old auroral measurements at Gjøahavn carried out simultaneous with Scott’s recordings at Cape Armitage. These observatories are geomagnetically conjugate and located poleward of the auroral oval. All auroral events was associated with weak magnetic disturbances. Maximum activity occurred midwinter. Theta arcs, poleward moving substorm arcs, and transpolar arcs dominated the polar cap. These forms have special magnetic signatures.

ESA and NASA have distinct technology transfer approaches, including differences in organizational structure, funding mechanisms, intellectual property strategies, international collaborations, business incubation centers, and commercialization focus. However, both agencies share the common goals of maximizing the societal and economic impact of space technologies and fostering innovation through technology transfer.

The Argonauts’ trip along the northern limit of the Libyan Desert, from Syrtis Gulf to Tritonis Lake, is described by Apollonius Rhodes’ text ‘Argonautica’. The Argonauts sailed in this lake and located a narrow passage through which they exit to the Mediterranean’s coast.

Climate science underwent a rapid expansion in the last decades, associated with ever growing significance for climate policy. On the other hand, climate science is, as all sciences, also a social process. Confronted with these developments, several different series of oral interviews with climate scholars, of different seniority, were done and archived. The present article gives an overview of these interviews, and tries to briefly describe the social context of climate science.