News7 March 2024|CLICCS NewsEcosystem loss: Subsequent costs far higher than expectedPhoto: UHH/R.HansenGovernments the world over are looking for novel approaches to evaluating ecosystem benefits and value. This is to illustrate the impacts of...Contribution from the university's newsroom6 March 2024|InternationalNew UNESCO Chair in HamburgPhoto: UHH/GöttlingUNESCO and Universität Hamburg have now created a UNESCO Chair “Societal Climate Change Research and Resilience”, headed by Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter...6 March 2024|Research“Grasping climate change takes a personal experience”Photo: Beate RatterFor the past several years, geographer Prof. Beate Ratter has been investigating adaptation measures on small islands that are especially endangered...23 February 2024|ResearchHow to Best Motivate Personal Climate ActionPhoto: Unsplash/Tyler NixSetting a good example, stirring fear, advocating scientific facts, or imparting self-efficacy—what is the best way to encourage people to take...13 February 2024|ResearchFrequent marine heatwaves in the Arctic Ocean will be the normPhoto: UHH/CLICCS/A. BarkhordarianMarine heatwaves will become a regular occurrence in the Arctic in the near future and are a product of higher anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions...30 January 2024|ResearchGreen resilience: Fighting climate risks with plants and treesPhoto: Delf RotheHow do plants and trees contribute to public security in times of multiple crises? In the face of the growing climate crisis and other complex risks...26 January 2024|EventPodiumsdiskussion: Welche Rolle sollte Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Klimadebatte einnehmen?Photo: UHH/VogiatzisWirkt Wissenschaftskommunikation bei einem so drängenden Thema wie dem Klimawandel ausreichend in die Politik und in die Gesellschaft hinein? Bedarf...Contribution from the university's newsroom14 December 2023|ResearchInvestigating Clouds in 3DPhoto: Thorwin Vogt et al.On February 18, 2018, Winter Storm Friederike crossed Northern Germany with gale-force winds. The graphic shows the 6 pm forecast, based on data from...13 December 2023|Research"Unite behind the Science"Photo: Stefan Müller/https://flic.kr/p/2hLtQFK, CC BY 2.0Calls to listen to the science can be heard at climate protests around the world. But what exactly does it mean?In a recent study, Prof. Simone Rödder...12 December 2023|ResearchClimate change threatens shifting cultivation in IndiaPhoto: Lea SchröderThrough droughts and flooding, climate change is endangering harvests around the world. But what about regions where farming is difficult to begin...7 December 2023|ResearchGermans consider climate change a substantial threatPhoto: Josep MartinezMore and more Germans consider climate change to be a threat. In a representative study supported by CLICCS, 77 percent of those surveyed rated...5 December 2023|ResearchFossil CO2 emissions at a record highPhoto: jplenio/pixabay The new report from the Global Carbon Project shows: fossil CO2 emissions will reach a record high in 2023 If emissions aren’t reduced, the...13 November 2023|CLICCS NewsClimate-relevant dissertations wanted: 5000 Euro prize moneyPhoto: CEN/Universität Hamburg; Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyEach year, CLICCS nominates excellent doctoral theses in climate and Earth system research for the Wladimir Köppen Award. Outstanding dissertations...13 October 2023|ResearchAround the Globe, Climate Adaptation Lacks CoordinationPhoto: UHH/CLICCS/K. JantkeViewed globally, it is above all individuals and households that are pursuing adaptation to the impacts of climate change; systematic networking of...12 October 2023|ResearchMore Germans now consider climate change to be a threatPhoto: Pixabay/SamuelFrancisJohnsonExtreme weather events such as droughts and forest fires are increasing. And storms could also become stronger. How do Germany’s citizens feel about...10 October 2023|ResearchFridays for Future’s Decentralized Strategy Motivates More PeoplePhoto: T. Seger/unsplashWhether or not people choose to attend a climate protest partly depends on its expected size. When they expect a larger protest, they are less likely...29 September 2023|VeranstaltungClimate Research and Future ScenariosPhoto: UHH/CEN/F. NeigenfindUnder the motto “Climate Research and Future Scenarios,” the sixth Student Climate Congress was held on September 21 in Hamburg. More than 650...27 September 2023|ResearchGerman eco-taxes takes effectPhoto: Dan senior/UnsplashSince 1999, gasoline and diesel have been taxed in Germany. Initially planned as an ambitious project, the eco-tax was locked in at 15 cents per liter...7 September 2023|ResearchHow much methane is released in the tundraPhoto: Julia Boike/AWIInfinitely vast, not a tree in sight, and with permanently frozen soil: the tundra is an important carbon reservoir. Yet climate change is now warming...6 September 2023|InterviewTatiana Ilyina joins CLICCS and the MIN FacultyPhoto: Diallo/MPI-MWelcome to Universität Hamburg! Since August, Tatiana Ilyina has been a Professor of Earth System Sciences, with a focus on modelling the carbon cycle...Show all news