News24 June 2025|ResearchFrom Humboldt to Hasselmann: Society in climate researchPhoto: privateHow does climate change affect prosperity, tolerance and migration? Does it lead to hate-filled tirades, violence and war? Does it decrease...4 June 2025|ResearchExtreme heat in Europe: every year countsPhoto: Adobe Stock/erika8213Even if the global community were to stop emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, today’s heat records in Europe would continue for centuries – and could...4 June 2025|EventThree Days of Sea Breeze Instead of Seminar RoomsPhoto: SICSS/UHHFor three days, 37 SICSS doctoral candidates traded their seminar rooms for fresh sea air at the SICSS Retreat in Brodten near Travemünde. The program...Contribution from the news channel SICSS News22 May 2025|ResearchMulti-million-euro funding awarded for CLICCS researchPhoto: UHH/Claudia HöhneThe University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS – “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” has been honored for its...21 May 2025|ResearchBetter harvests despite climate change – what’s holding farmers backPhoto: UHH/CLICCS/K. JantkeWhat can farmers in Namibia do to combat climate change? For one thing, they can grow cowpeas – as a CLICCS research project has already shown in...20 May 2025|InternationalScience, dialogue, and a strong research communityPhoto: UHH/CLICCSThis year’s European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly once again brought together geoscientists from around the world in Vienna – and CLICCS...19 May 2025|ResearchSnapshot SeychellesPhoto: Beate RatterIn March 2025, Beate Ratter sent us pictures and impressions of her research trip to the Seychelles, which we present here. The professor of...6 May 2025|Studies and teachingSuccess at UHH’s new teaching award: “Researching and Shaping Climate Futures” shortlistedPhoto: Foto: UHH/GöttlingLecturers from the Master’s class “Researching and Shaping Climate Futures” were finalists for the University of Hamburg’s newly introduced teaching...Contribution from the news channel SICSS News23 April 2025|ResearchNew study on tipping points offers hope while warning against inactionPhoto: Ngampol/Adobe StockThe risk of climatic tipping points like thawing permafrost and the destruction of the Amazon rainforest triggering each other in a chain reaction is...17 April 2025|ResearchHow much will the coal phase-out actually help the climate?Photo: : Christian Schwier/Adobe StockGermany is committed to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2038, but the actual climate effect of this policy is debated. A new study from the...24 March 2025|CLICCS NewsStudiengang „Integrated Climate System Sciences“ gewinnt MINTchallengePhoto: UHHDer Studiengang „Integrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS)“ wurde als eines der fünf Gewinnerprojekte der „MINTchallenge plus“ ausgezeichnet. Der...24 March 2025|EventICSS program receives award for innovative conceptPhoto: StifterverbandEnergy transition, climate change, food security - in order to solve current and future problems, we need people who can think and work in an...Contribution from the news channel SICSS News17 March 2025|ResearchForschungsprojekt: Wie kann Klimaschutz nachhaltig finanziert werden?Photo: pexels/Akil MazumderIn einem neuen Projekt wird ein Forschungsteam der Universität Hamburg im Dialog mit der Finanzwirtschaft innovative Finanzierungs- und...Contribution from the university's newsroom4 March 2025|ResearchClimate expertise can make a difference – in varying dosesPhoto: M. Piwnicki / unsplashFederal climate protection measures aren’t currently sufficient to achieve our climate targets. Voluntary climate protection can help reduce CO2...27 February 2025|ResearchDoing nothing now will cost us more laterPhoto: Michael WaibelThe Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 shows how climate change adaptation can ultimately succeed: through meticulously thought-through measures...25 February 2025|ResearchWeaker ocean circulation could cost trillionsPhoto: CEN Climate Visualization LaboratoryA major motor for the global climate is beginning to falter: a massive system of ocean currents called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation...Contribution from the university's newsroom17 February 2025|CLICCS NewsDa war doch was: CLICCS-Forschende stellen Klima-Mythen richtigPhoto: UHHMigration, Schuldenbremse, Außenpolitik: Im Wahlkampf gehen die Debatten hoch her – nur über das Klima spricht fast keiner. Ob Duell oder Quadrell...11 February 2025|ResearchTides reduce marine CO2 uptakePhoto: NASA/GSFCThe ocean absorbs massive amounts of CO₂ from the atmosphere, helping to slow climate change. Tides have a major impact on the mixing, distribution...7 February 2025|ResearchBy 2100: An Arctic we’ll hardly recognizePhoto: UniHH/CEN/T.WasilewskiThe Arctic will change dramatically. If all nations meet the climate targets they’ve agreed to, the global mean temperature will rise by 2.7 degrees...19 December 2024|CLICCS NewsThe precarious future of permafrostPhoto: Meike Schickhoff/ MPI-MThe Arctic is heating up particularly quickly as a result of global warming - with serious consequences. The soils in the northern permafrost region...Show all news