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Seismology, volcanoes, crust of earth

The earth's crust is constantly in motion. Sometimes it produces only a slight background noise, sometimes mighty plates shift or a volcano erupts. Seismology can also be used to assess the safety of underground storage facilities, for example for carbon compression, in short CCS.

2 December 2021|Forschung

Santorini: Gleaning Volcanic History from the Ocean Floor

Blick über den Sonnenuntergang über der Insel Santorini

Photo: Jonas Preine/UHH

Santorini is a picturesque archipelago in the southern Aegean. The islands encircle a massive volcanic caldera, which the ocean has long-since covered over. Some speculate that Santorini is all that’s left of Atlantis – the fabled, highly advanced island empire that suddenly vanished. The fact...

26 October 2021|Research

Tremor and Tsunami off Samos Investigated

Deck eines Forschungsschiffs

Photo: UHH/CEN/Jonas Preine

On 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 injured. The earthquake also triggered a Tsunami that impacted the coastal areas. In cooperation with the University of Athens, Universität Hamburg’s...
5 October 2021|Forschung

Storm Warnings: When the Seafloor Shakes

aerial photo of the island heligoland located in the North Sea

Photo: D. Luckmann/unsplash

As 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 the Earth’s crust. When the spikes intensified, the alarm was sounded: it could mean a storm was rolling in from the Atlantic.
23 December 2020|Research

Research Network Opens a Window into the Earth’s Inner Workings

weite Fläche, Hügellandschaft, Vegetationsllos, schneebedeckte Berge in Hintergrund

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Each seismic wave that travels through the Earth’s crust slightly changes this layer. Cutting-edge sensor technology now allows us to reevaluate risks such as landslides or the stability of bridges and buildings. Prof. Dr. Céline Hadziioannou of Universität Hamburg coordinates the European-wide...
27 July 2020|CEN News

Storing greenhouse gases in the depths of the Earth

Forschende mit Sicherheitsuntensilien auf einem Schiff

Photo: Jonas Preine/UHH

In order to limit global warming, in the future greenhouse gases will have to be removed from the atmosphere – it’s the only way to achieve climate targets. One way of doing so would be to permanently store carbon dioxide underground. However, geophysicist Prof. Christian Hübscher has...

17 October 2018|Interview

Listening to the Gas Bubbles in the Earth’s Core

Riss in einer grauen Erdlandschaft

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Dirk Gajewski has painted a clearer picture of the Earth’s interior, and would support further research into underground CO2 storage. The geophysicist and member of the CEN Board has recently been honored for his work – and will soon be making a tour of Europe.