News (2021)14 December 2021|ForschungUniversität Hamburg develops comprehensive new climate modelPhoto: DKRZ/MPI-MAn ongoing research project at Universität Hamburg is intended to achieve a quantum leap in the quality of climate modeling. For the first time, all...2 December 2021|ForschungSantorini: Gleaning Volcanic History from the Ocean FloorPhoto: Jonas Preine/UHHSantorini is a picturesque archipelago in the southern Aegean. The islands encircle a massive volcanic caldera, which the ocean has long-since covered...11 November 2021|ForschungMeteor Discovers Leaks in the Ocean FloorPhoto: C. Rohleder CC BY SAProf. Christian Hübscher and a team from Universität Hamburg are on an expedition to the Gotland Basin. From on board the RV Meteor, the experts are...26 October 2021|ResearchTremor and Tsunami off Samos InvestigatedPhoto: UHH/CEN/Jonas PreineOn October 30, 2020, the seafloor shook near the island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea. As a result, over 100 people were killed and more than 1,000...26 October 2021|CEN NewsClimate Factor “Forests”: Conflicting GoalsPhoto: Unsplash/bruyndonckxThe EU has launched a climate package called “Fit for 55”, which also concerns forests. The problem: the individual measures are intended to offset...25 October 2021|ResearchWater Wheels or Diesel Pumps?Photo: UHH/CEN/K.HeiderIn the Mediterranean, on the coastal slopes and in the mountainous hinterland alike, farming traditionally takes place on so-called terraced fields...21 October 2021|ForschungClimate Research in the PandemicPhoto: UHH/Knut HeinatzA voyage full of extremes to rescue valuable research data: 67 days together on board a 16-metre-long ship, and 16,970 sea miles, or 31,400...18 October 2021|ResearchNatural Floodplains Store Carbon and Protect the Climate in the ProcessPhoto: UHH/CEN/Adrian HegerNatural river habitats have become rare, although they provide effective climate and flood protection. When there is flooding, meadows and riverside...8 October 2021|ResearchArticles in Other Languages Can Help Preserve BiodiversityPhoto: M. Bergami/unsplashIn journals, new research is primarily published in English. But, as a new international study shows: academic publications in other languages, often...7 October 2021|CEN NewsCoastal Erosion in Maldives: Is Climate Change the Only Cause?Photo: UHH/CEN/B. RatterSmall island countries like Maldives are severely affected by climate change and the resulting rise in sea level. The atolls in the Indian Ocean lie...5 October 2021|CEN NewsUniversität Hamburg congratulates Professor Emeritus Klaus Hasselmann on Nobel Prize for PhysicsPhoto: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachUniversität Hamburg is congratulating Professor Emeritus Klaus Hasselmann on being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, together with Syukuro...Contribution from the university's newsroom5 October 2021|ForschungStorm Warnings: When the Seafloor ShakesPhoto: D. Luckmann/unsplashAs far back as 1920, a unique tool helped to warn of approaching storms in the North Sea region: a seismometer in Hamburg recorded the movements of...16 September 2021|ForschungVideo: Aboard the MeteorPhoto: Vincent UrbanFilm meets marine research: cinematic insight into life on board Fifteen scientists from the University of Hamburg and CEN were on board in September...8 September 2021|VeranstaltungPredicting the OceanPhoto: UN/Ocean decadeAs part of the United Nations Ocean Decade, Prof. Detlef Stammer of the University's CEN hosts the international Ocean Lab 2 including lectures...3 September 2021|ResearchClimate Extremes: A Timely ProfessorshipPhoto: CICEROJana 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...2 September 2021|InterviewThe Search for ThunderstormsPhoto: UHH/CEN/B.KirschFor his doctoral thesis, Bastian Kirsch is investigating thunderstorms and the ‘pools’ of cold air that form beneath them, the so-called cold pools...25 August 2021|ResearchEUREC4A Field Study: Do Clouds Amplify Global Warming?Photo: UHH/CEN/H. KonowEUREC4A, the world's largest measurement campaign to investigate the role of clouds in the climate system, began in early 2020. It took place on and...23 August 2021|ForschungCounteracting climate change in increasing carbon storage in coastal ecosystemsPhoto: M.Zimmer, ZMTDeveloping innovative and socially accepted approaches to improve the natural potential for carbon storage in vegetation-rich coastal ecosystems: that...20 August 2021|ResearchReliably Predicting Extreme WeatherPhoto: Bob-Nichols/USDAWater shortages, parched fields, fire risks – the consequences of droughts, heat waves and other weather extremes can be devastating. Which makes it...18 August 2021|CampusUnderstanding chaotic atmospheric processes betterPhoto: Elena Mellado GonzálezEvery year, Universität Hamburg welcomes many new researchers. Here, we present part of a series to introduce them and their areas of research Prof...More articles
