CEN - Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability : Universität Hamburg

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Corinna Harl, www.micori.de

17 August 2018|Forschung

What shape are our oceans in? Which protective measures are sensible? A new computer model promises to help find the best assessment criteria.

According to the targets set by the European Union, by 2020 our oceans are meant to be clean, healthy and productive; a laudable goal. In order to reach that goal, the EU’s...

UHH/CEN/U. Kreis

14 August 2018|Studium und Lehre

Fresh business ideas on climate change

Europe’s largest summer school: for the third time, “The Journey,” organized by the EU “Climate-KIC” initiative is stopping off in Hamburg. In just five weeks, roughly 50 participants will develop business ideas that address climate change and its effects. A total of 440 master’s students and career starters are currently...

UHH/CEN/V. Köpsel

9 August 2018|Forschung

Climate Adaptation Begins in the Mind

In many regions, adaptation to climate change is necessary, but nothing is happening. Why not? I went searching for answers in Cornwall, where the local cliffs are steadily crumbling, yet no one is lifting a finger.

A storm is raging on the coast of Cornwall. My interviewee John and I are standing on a rise, looking out at...

UHH/CEN/Harms

25 July 2018|Studium und Lehre

International Summer School: Experiencing climate research firsthand

Learning how to understand our climate from experts? Digging in a bog to gather field data? Universität Hamburg’s international Summer School “Climate Change” offers young scientists the chance to experience four weeks of climate research in Hamburg. In the following, three participants share their experiences.

Kevin...

UHH/CEN/C.Franzke

25 July 2018|Forschung

The Hamburg Code for global warming

Dr. Christian Franzke from the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) has for the first time, depicted the annual mean temperatures for Hamburg in the form of a bar code - inspired by the “warming stripes” introduced by the British climate researcher Ed Hawkins. Dr. Franzke’s visualization shows the...

UHH/CEN/T.Wasilewki

16 July 2018|Forschung

Stressed street trees: Lindens, oaks, or maples facing premature death in the future

Rambling through Hamburg and its environs, you will discover a landscape sculpted by the ice ages. Glaciers of the past pushed large amounts of scree shaping today’s hilly countryside northeast of the City. Meltwater leached the glacial Elbe valley and wind-blown sand deposits piled up into dunes such as the Boberg Dunes...