News15 April 2024|InterviewView from high above: "We zoom in on the surface to a scale of just one meter"Photo: Eivind SennesetWelcome to Universität Hamburg! Prof. Dr. Olena Dubovyk came to Hamburg from the University of Bergen, assuming the W2 professorship "Earth System...15 April 2024|CLICCS NewsWissenschaft in Hamburgs KneipenPhoto: © DESY und Universität HamburgWissen frisch gezapft: Am 2. Mai gibt es in den Kneipen Hamburgs nicht nur Bier und Alsterwasser, sondern auch vielfältige Vorträge zu aktuellen...11 April 2024|EventOn site EGU 2024Photo: CLICCS/UHHFrom 14 to 19 April 2024, scientists from CLICCS and CEN are presenting their research in Vienna, at the annual assembly of the European Geosciences...4 April 2024|ResearchWinter Expedition to Greenland LaunchedPhoto: Lars KutzbachExperts from the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) and the joint project MOMENT are working together to explore...25 March 2024|CLICCS NewsFirst global study of coastal seas as carbon dioxide reservoirs possiblePhoto: Hereon/M.MathisCoastal seas form a complex transition zone between the two largest CO2 sinks in the global carbon cycle: land and ocean. Ocean researchers have now...Contribution from the university's newsroom21 March 2024|TransferArt and climate research: a collaboration with potentialPhoto: Design by Nielsen/Schurr, Image material: Ketan Rajput/UnsplashThe transfer project "Portraits of Climate" brings art and science together. In five teams, the artists exchange ideas with one or more researchers...7 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...Show all news