News (2017)22 June 2017|ForschungTemperature extremes: Europe is warming up, Turkey is cooling offPhoto: pixabay.com/CCOMeteorologist Christian Franzke discovered a surprising result while reexaming data sets on local extreme temperatures. He is currently analyzing...17 May 2017|ForschungWhen the tundra chases the taigaPhoto: pixabayLike in the “The Lord of the Rings” movies, trees occasionally make their way to faraway lands. Whether tropical rainforests, evergreen coniferous...25 April 2017|ForschungStable treeline: How a valley in the Himalayas is defying climate changePhoto: UHH/N. SchwabThe Himalayas are experiencing rising temperatures and longer growth periods – so why isn’t the treeline advancing uphill?12 April 2017|ForschungFresh analyses daily: Which countries report most on climate change?Photo: UHH/CEN/OMMThe first-ever database that quantifies and visualizes trends in the global online news coverage of climate change was recently launched. The Online...30 March 2017|ForschungScience Answers to Migration and FlightPhoto: Gémes Sándor/SzomSzedAcross the globe people are fleeing their home regions. Together with international researchers, Dr. Christiane Fröhlich from Universität Hamburg’s...22 March 2017|ForschungWeather forecasts for Pakistani farmersPhoto: Baoo jeee/wheat crops/CC-BY-SA/https://commons.wikimedia.orgIn Pakistan a wide water supply system supplies the green and fertile areas around the Indus basin with Himalaya water. It is more than13 March 2017|ForschungCooperation agreement signed for seasonal climate predictionsPhoto: MPI-MSince 2009, Hamburg climate researchers have been developing a system for climate predictions with a time horizon of a few months up to half a year.13 March 2017|Studium und LehreDeutsches Museum: Climate research students survey visitors' preferencesPhoto: Deutsches Museum/KramerDuring a field trip to the Deutsches Museum (German Museum) in Munich, Master’s students from SICSS asked visitors for their thoughts on the different...27 February 2017|ForschungInteractive now! The global lithological mapPhoto: UHH/CEN/CliSAPZoom in and out and rotate the globe: The interactive lithological world map presents a very accurate picture of the Earth’s crust beneath its thin...21 February 2017|ForschungWitnesses of the wind: what the grains of sand in a dune can tell usPhoto: UHH/CEN/S. LindhorstThey were shaped by the whims of nature: the municipality of List on the North Sea island Sylt is home to 30-meter-tall wandering dunes. Exploring the...13 February 2017|ForschungNew at the CEN: seismic wave expert Céline HadziioannouPhoto: UHH/CENAt the onset of 2017, geophysics professor Céline Hadziioannou arrived at the CEN. Prof. Hadziioannou comes directly from Munich...30 January 2017|VeranstaltungThe CEN honors climate and Earth system research graduatesPhoto: UHH/CENLast Friday Prof. Dr. Heinrich Graener, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, congratulated and bid a fond farewell to...20 January 2017|ForschungOur oceans are growing warmer – including the North SeaPhoto: pixabay.comOnce a month, climate researchers report on their latest findings in the newspaper “Hamburger Abendblatt”. Corinna Schrum is an oceanographer12 January 2017|ForschungInterdisziplinäres Lehrprojekt erkundet neue Wege in der KlimaforschungPhoto: UHH/CENUm den menschgemachten Klimawandel zu bewältigen, müssen alle zusammenarbeiten. Das gilt auch für die wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, die von Natur-...12 January 2017|ForschungEconomist Linus Mattauch awarded the 2016 Köppen PrizePhoto: MCCBerlinThe Wladimir Peter Köppen Prize for 2016 was awarded to Dr. Linus Mattauch. This year’s recipient, who holds degrees in mathematics and philosophy...Previous articles
