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Photo: Benjamin M. Jones, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks

4 December 2024|Research

"This study is a wake-up call"

The overlapping effects of sea level rise, permafrost thaw subsidence, and erosion may lead to land loss in Arctic coastal regions that dwarfs the land loss from any single one of these climate hazards, scientists say.

Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse speaking on a conference panel

Photo: Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse/UHH

2 December 2024|International

"Sowing the seeds of change"

Hamburg-based research on the international stage: sociologist Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse presents the Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 in São Paulo – and there could soon also be a Brazilian edition of the study.

Collage: visualization of rocks; portrait of climate scientist Vladimir Köppen

Photo: CEN/Universität Hamburg; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

29 November 2024|Research

Climate-relevant dissertations wanted: 5000 Euro prize money

Each year, CLICCS nominates excellent doctoral theses in climate and Earth system research for the Wladimir Köppen Award. Outstanding dissertations with a clear connection to climate research can be submitted until January 31, 2025. The award is worth €5,000.

Photo: UHH

27 November 2024|Research

Oceanographer from Hamburg honored with Nansen Medal

Only six female researchers have it received since 1996, now Tatiana Ilyina has also been awarded the Fridtjof Nansen Medal – one of the most important prizes for distinguished research in oceanography. The professor from the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) at the University of Hamburg...

Photo: UHH

25 November 2024|Research

“When we look at our numbers, we can’t see any climate protection efforts”

Right on time for the UN Climate Change Conference, this year a new update of the Global Carbon Budget was released. It shows how much CO2 there is in the atmosphere and whether there has been progress in climate protection. For the first time, the new Budget includes extensive, reliable forecasts for the coming year...

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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