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Mehrere Ausstellungsgäste schauen sich die Ausstellungwand "Portraits of Climate Science" an.

Photo: Uni Hamburg / L. Göttling

14 November 2024|Event

"Art has the power"

More than 240 people gathered before the doors of the University Museum, waiting to get in. November 7 was opening day for the exhibition “Portraits of Climate,” which combines art and climate research in unconventional ways and will continue through the end of April 2025.

-> Photo gallery at the end of the article.

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Delegation in Ghana, in der Mitte Katharina Fegebank (mit roter Bluse), rechts davon Kerstin Jantke

Photo: Daad

24 October 2024|International

CLICCS discusses climate research in Ghana

Environmental researcher Dr. Kerstin Jantke recently returned from a trip to Ghana as part of a German delegation that also included Katharina Fegebank, Hamburg’s Second Mayor and Senator for Science, and further representatives of the ministry for science, research, equal opportunities and districts, the university and...

Sunset at the harbour, the masts of the sailing boats stand out in black against the glowing orange sun.

Photo: UHH/CEN/T.Wasilewski

9 October 2024|Research

Scientists caution no guarantees when it comes to overshooting 1.5°C

Even if it is possible to reverse the rise of global temperatures after a temporary overshoot of 1.5°C some climate damages triggered at peak warming, including rising sea levels, will be irreversible, according to a new study published today in Nature.

New paper published in Nature from 30 scientists analyses future...

Photo: Bettina Diallo / MPI-M

30 September 2024|Research

Wladimir Köppen Award 2023

In recognition of his outstanding dissertation, geophysicist Dr. Lennart Ramme has been awarded the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS’s 2023 Wladimir Köppen Prize. According to the jury, in his work the researcher from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology “lays the basis for investigating the extreme dynamics of the Earth’s...

Prof. Dr. Hermann Held spricht auf dem Extremwetterkongress.

Photo: ARD

23 September 2024|Event

Climate researchers from UHH at the 14th ExtremeWeather Congress in Hamburg

The 14th Extreme Weather Congress will take place at HafenCity University from September 25 to 27, 2024. The interdisciplinary conference aims to strengthen the current state of research and the dialog between science and the public on the topic of extreme weather and climate change in Germany. Experts from the University...

Graphic illustration: two hands holding a globe

Photo: CLICCS/University of Hamburg

19 September 2024|CLICCS News

How to make climate adaptation a success

Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changing environmental conditions. But what really makes the difference is how they do it. The recently published Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 by 73 authors shows that, in the long run, only sustainable adaptation can succeed. This global assessment by University of...

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