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UHH/CEN/K.Grannis

11 April 2019|Studium und Lehre

Applying in droves: Young people want to become climate professionals

Great news from the CEN’s SICSS Graduate School: compared to the previous year, the number of applications for the Master’s degree program “Integrated Climate System Sciences” has risen by 25 percent. The program is internationally advertised, and all courses are held in English, two aspects that have paid off: “We...

UHH/CEN/T.Wasilewski

9 April 2019|Studium und Lehre

Lecture series on climate change: What too much water will mean for Hamburg

How is climate change affecting precipitation and storm surges in Hamburg? Is the city itself a ‘rainmaker?’ Which forms of adaptation are necessary, and which aspects need to be kept in mind in terms of environmental law and planning law? The lecture series “Water from 4 Sides” addresses these and other key questions (held...

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3 April 2019|Forschung

Using Wotan’s help to see how the wind blows

Sawing, gluing, and hunting down data: it took months before my miniature version of Hamburg was ready. First I had to find out what each and every building between the Elbphilharmonie concert hall and the Großmarkt (wholesale market) looked like – how tall it was, what its roof was shaped like, and whether it had any...

UHH/CEN/T.Wasilewski

2 April 2019|Veranstaltung

Off to a great start – 80 researchers attend the CLICCS kick-off!

Last Thursday, veteran researchers, young investigators, infrastructure research experts and office staff from the new Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS gathered in Universität Hamburg’s main building for the official kick-off event.

14 subproject teams and the High Performance Computing group presented...

UHH/CEN/M.Bachmann

25 March 2019|CEN News

From Chicago to the Elbe

A delegation from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, USA, visited the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN). The visitors, from areas including climate research, environmental and atmospheric chemistry, and energy systems, not to mention journalism and media studies, took part in a one-day...

Carl Skinner, U.S. Forest Service

6 March 2019|Forschung

A Long View of California’s Climate

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...