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11 July 2019|Forschung

Pesticides: improving harvests, or a hazard in our crop fields?

What can farmers in Europe or Africa do when the temperatures climb or extreme downpours become more frequent? For farmers around the globe, climate change represents a true challenge. Should they adapt by switching the crops they grow? Or invest in new technologies like overhead irrigation?

To identify suitable plants and...

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11 July 2019|Forschung

How high could the sea level rise?

The research project “SeaLevel” recently received approval for a second phase of funding, amounting to six million euros, which it will use to improve the accuracy of regional forecasting for future sea-level changes and their consequences for local populaces. The decision was recently announced by the German Research...

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10 July 2019|Forschung

Prof. Jürgen Scheffran appointed to the German Federal Government’s commission on “causes of flight”

Jürgen Scheffran, a Professor of Integrative Geography and Chair of the Research Group Climate Change and Security (CLISEC) at Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, was recently appointed to the German Federal Government’s commission on “causes of flight.”

The commission, which consists...

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9 July 2019|Forschung

More renewable energy doesn’t always mean less CO2

In the first half of 2019, the percentage of energy production in Germany from renewable sources (44%) was higher than ever, as the Federal Association of German Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) recently reported. Consequently, the emissions of harmful greenhouse gases from energy production were roughly 15% lower in the...

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18 June 2019|Forschung

Detective work in the marshes

Salt marshes along the German North Sea coast are a world of their own: these “salty meadows” form an important transitional zone between the ocean and the land, which helps to protect the hinterland from major storm surges. But what will happen if the sea level rises? Doctoral candidate Dorothea Bunzel is investigating...

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14 June 2019|Forschung

Climate protection: Hamburg-based researchers to advise the federal government

Federal Minister for the Environment Svenja Schulze and Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek recently initiated a scientific platform for climate protection in Berlin. A social scientist and management expert from Universität Hamburg were among those appointed to the steering committee: Prof. Anita...