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Carl Skinner, U.S. Forest Service

6 March 2019|Forschung

Deadly severe wildfires in California have scientists scrutinizing the underlying factors that could influence future extreme events. Using climate simulations and paleoclimate data dating back to the 16th century, a recent study with contribution of CliSAP scientist looks closely at long-term upper-level wind and related...

UHH/Ohme

28 February 2019|Forschung

Sociologist from Universität Hamburg honored with the 2019 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

The German Research Foundation (DFG) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research have selected Stefan Aykut from Universität Hamburg’s Department of Socioeconomics as one of ten recipients of this year’s Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize. Valued at 20,000 euros, the prize is generally considered the most important...

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David Ausserhofer

20 February 2019|Forschung

New Head of World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Professor from Universität Hamburg

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is one of the world’s leading climate research initiatives. Effective immediately, Prof. Detlef Stammer from the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at Universität Hamburg will be chairing the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, an international committee...

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UHH/CEN/N.Sera

19 February 2019|Forschung

A picture says more than a thousand numbers

Supercomputers create huge volumes of data, which are difficult to decipher – unless researchers turn them into a film.

UHH/CEN/K.Jantke

13 February 2019|Forschung

What’s the right approach to sensible environmental protection?

Not the way it’s been handled so far, according to Dr. Kerstin Jantke, who claims there is no global strategy for protecting the right marine and land areas. In response, the environmental scientist in collaboration with researchers of the University of Queensland, Australia, has now developed a new software tool to make...

K. Kornhuber

24 January 2019|Forschung

Köppen Prize awarded to Dr. Marlene Kretschmer: Climate change can produce harsher winters

The 2018 Wladimir Peter Köppen Prize was awarded to Dr. Marlene Kretschmer for her remarkable dissertation, which she completed at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the University of Potsdam. The jury of the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence CliSAP praised the work, claiming its “importance for climate...