Centerfor Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN)

In the Paris Agreement, the international community committed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees by the end of the century, preferably to 1.5 degrees. In order to achieve this goal, several countries have now introduced climate protection plans. However, these plans will be nearly impossible to accomplish...

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 development of new methods...

Moors cover three percent of our planet’s land surface, but store twice as much carbon as all forests combined. But if peat is extracted and the moorland soils are drained, they can become veritable carbon dioxide factories.

In Germany, natural moors once covered an area as large as Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. In many...