News (2020)19 May 2020|ResearchHow can we introduce climate protection on farms?Photo: Raphael Rychetsky/unsplashAgriculture has to become climate-friendlier. In Germany, the federal government’s climate targets call for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions produced...15 May 2020|CEN NewsClimate change and fish stocks: CERES Synthesis report now availablePhoto: CERES projectWhat effects does climate change have on fish stocks and the industries that depend on them? In the CERES (Climate change and European Aquatic...13 May 2020|ResearchDehydrated peatlands could intensify fires and global warmingPhoto: Manuel HelbigA group of 59 international scientists has uncovered new information about the distinct effects of climate change on boreal forests and peatlands...20 April 2020|ResearchNorth pole soon to be ice free in summerPhoto: Dirk NotzThe Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely be ice free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine...15 April 2020|CEN NewsJohanna Matzat and Jan Wohland receive the Wladimir Köppen AwardPhoto: private (left), ETH Zürich (right)Not one, but two outstanding dissertations were honored with the 2019 Wladimir Köppen Award by the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS. Dr. Johanna Matzat...3 April 2020|InterviewCan the coronavirus crisis be compared with the climate crisis?Photo: UHH/ CEN/ AusserhoferProf. Dr. Anita Engels is a social scientist and Co-Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS. In the following, she responds...2 April 2020|ResearchClimate-related disasters increase risks of conflict in vulnerable countriesPhoto: UHH/CEN/F.BriscResearchers have found strong evidence that the risk for armed conflict is higher after a climate-related disaster, but only in vulnerable countries. ...17 March 2020|ResearchHow horses can save the permafrostPhoto: Pleistocene ParkPermafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional quantities of greenhouse gases could be released, accelerating climate...9 March 2020|ResearchClimate protests reveal where norms are violatedPhoto: Unsplash/N. RoickeTo date, climate protection can only report limited successes. Despite the warnings of the scientific community, climate objectives are not being...2 March 2020|ResearchWhere Europe could improve biodiversity preservationPhoto: Vmenkov-creativecommons.orgNew targets for preserving biodiversity will likely be formulated at the UN Biodiversity Conference this October; although some goals have...25 February 2020|CEN NewsCLICCS hosts World Climate Research Programme workshopPhoto: UHH/ Kervin Saint PereThe World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has been coordinating international climate research for over 40 years, and the successes of the COP21...20 February 2020|ResearchHow much is the Atlantic heating up our weather?Photo: BSHThe Atlantic is generally considered to be Europe’s “weather kitchen” – bringing heat from the tropics to our coasts, it plays a critical role in...12 February 2020|ResearchClimate predictions: Sometimes less is morePhoto: UniHH/CEN/T.WasilewskiWhat will the climate be like two years from now – or ten? Though these medium-term predictions don’t have a particularly good track record, they are...22 January 2020|ForschungBy Air, Sea and Satellite: Major Cloud Research Campaign LaunchedPhoto: UHH/SchellIn the context of the climate system, clouds remain a mystery. A new research mission will tackle that mystery. For a several-week-long period, four...17 January 2020|CEN NewsClimate Dialogue with the Federal PresidentPhoto: Bundesregierung/Jesco DenzelYesterday, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with representatives of Scientists for Future, Fridays for Future, and the research and...16 January 2020|ResearchClimate factor clouds — the field campaign “EUREC4A” intends to answer one of climate sciences great mysteriesPhoto: UHH/CEN/H. KonowOn 20 January 2020, the almost six-week field study EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate) will start. It aims at...9 January 2020|ForschungUsing sea-level rise to define climate targetsPhoto: J. Zapata/unsplashOne major consequence of global warming is the rising sea level. A study conducted at Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research...Previous articles
