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Zu sehen sind die Gewinnerinnen des Posterwettberbs.

Photo: CEN/ESRAH Laura Penelope Berta

4 August 2025|Studies and teaching

Fresh perspectives on unsolved problems

What do the fashion industry and our consumer behavior have to do with the climate crisis? How can we say goodbye to fossil fuels? And how are lawyers and climate researchers joining forces in the fight for decarbonization? In an interdisciplinary course at the SICSS graduate school, Master’s students tackled these and...

Zwei junge Frauen blicken in der Ausstellung auf ein großes Porträtfoto einer Meeresforscherin

Photo: Miriam Frieß/UHH

28 July 2025|CEN News

Stories of claiming space and making waves – opening of "Breaking the Surface"

More than 130 guests celebrated the opening of Breaking the Surface. The exhibition portrays eleven female scientists, their questions for the ocean – and their experiences with glass ceilings.

Zu sehen ist eine schwarz-rote Dampflock die durch ein zerstörtes Waldstück mit auf dem Boden liegenden Bäumen im Harz fährt.

Photo: Inga Janina Sievert

5 June 2025|Research

Sorrow and hope in the Harz: How people are responding to the transformation of their forest

How do you feel when you see the status quo in the Harz? Shock or sadness at the countless withered spruces? Hope, when you see a single green tree? Or nostalgia, because you’ve been atop the Brocken before? Individual perspectives on the dying trees can influence e.g. whether and how people support the forest or climate...

Photo: UHH

24 March 2025|CEN News

Studiengang „Integrated Climate System Sciences“ gewinnt MINTchallenge

Der Studiengang „Integrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS)“ wurde als eines der fünf Gewinnerprojekte der „MINTchallenge plus“ ausgezeichnet. Der Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft und die Dr. Friedrich Jungheinrich-Stiftung honorieren damit die innovative Gestaltung mit einem Preisgeld in Höhe von 5000 Euro.

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Scientist facing the camera and sitting next to the desk with two screens on it.

Photo: UHH/C.Steffens

19 March 2025|Research

Interview with Goran Georgievski, modeler in the MOMENT project

Dr. Goran Georgievski is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology within the “Climate-Biosphere Interactions” working group lead by Prof. Dr. Victor Brovkin. Trained as a physical engineer specializing in meteorology and physical oceanography, Georgievski has acquired significant expertise in data analysis...

Contribution from the news channel MOMENT-News

Panorama von Hamburg mit Blick auf die Alster

Photo: Niklas Ohlrogge/ Unsplash

18 March 2025|CEN News

A glimpse of Hamburg’s future

Due to climate change, extreme weather events like flooding, torrential rains and droughts will become more frequent. In cities like Hamburg, the citizenry and municipal authorities increasingly face the challenge of coping with these water-related risks. But what would Hamburg look like if it adapted to climate change? And...

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