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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...

N. Rößger

10 January 2019|Forschung

The Breath of the Tundra

In northern Siberia, the effects of climate change can already be seen with the naked eye: previously frozen soils are now thawing, houses and railroad tracks are sinking into the mud, and coasts are being washed away. Because temperatures are rising twice as fast as the global average in the Arctic, the region is far more...

Bernd Sterzl_pixelio.de

17 December 2018|Forschung

Urban climate: How can we find the most comfortable spots?

Newly paved, with new benches, a handful of trees – yet the large plaza is usually empty, even when the sun is shining. Another spot, just around the corner: here all the benches are full, the people enjoy spending time there. What explains the difference? It could be the great view or the historical buildings – or the...

UHH/CEN/C. Krätzig

14 December 2018|Veranstaltung

The CEN and CliSAP at the world’s largest geosciences conference

With 24,000 participants and nearly 2,000 lectures and posters, the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a world-class scientific event. The CEN and the Cluster of Excellence for climate research CliSAP had their own booth at the event for the 7th consecutive time, as did the Kiel-based Cluster of...