Cluster of ExcellenceClimate, Climatic Change,
and Society (CLICCS)

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Jana Sillmann has taken up her position as the new professor of “climate statistics and climate extremes” – at a time when heavy rain, heat waves and forest fires have, more than ever before, raised people’s awareness of the consequences of climate change. In the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS, the geo-ecologist is...

Dr. Jan Nitzbon was awarded the 2020 Wladimir Köppen Prize for his doctoral thesis, which represents a valuable contribution toward refining simulations of permafrost development: in it, he demonstrates the importance of small-scale landscape characteristics, since they influence the amount of greenhouse gases released as a...