Der Klimawandel ist nicht nur eine globale Herausforderung. Auch in der Metropolregion Hamburg müssen Politik, Verwaltung und Gesellschaft handeln. Wie können unvermeidliche Veränderungen durch den Klimawandel bewältigt werden? Wie soll die Verminderung von Emissionen in der Stadt organisiert...

Since the USA opted out of the Paris Climate Agreement at the latest, hopes for global climate protection have been pinned on China, which is still the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases. It is now confidently presenting itself as a climate defender and celebrating its first successes. ...

The 2015 Paris Climate Conference was accompanied by extensive media coverage. Though the content managed to reach much of Germany’s populace, it did little to change their attitudes. This was a main finding of a study just released in the journal Nature Climate Change by Professor Michael...

If we manage to put a stop to global warming, the sea level will still continue to rise for centuries. This fact was stressed by the international participants in the workshop “High-End Sea Level Rise,” which was held at the CEN in mid-September. A rise of between 30 and 100 centimeters by 2100, as...

Eighty percent of global precipitation falls over the oceans, and plays an essential role in our climate. But how can we measure rain- and snowfall on the open seas? Geoscientist Christian Klepp is developing a new dataset based on extensive measurements, which he is gathering on board research...

Four research clusters at Universität Hamburg will be moving on to the next round in the national funding competition known as the “Exzellenzstrategie des Bundes und der Länder.” Today (29 October 2017) the German Research Foundation (DFG) requested full applications from four research clusters of...

Mehr als 50.000 Besucher konnten dieses Jahr beim Wissenschaftsfestival „Highlights der Physik“ unter dem Motto „Struktur und Symmetrie“ begrüßt werden. Ebenfalls vertreten: das am CEN entwickelte Exponat „Chaos oder vorhersagbar? – Unser Wetter“.

Prof. Christian Möllmann hat den Outstanding Achievment Award des ‘International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)’ erhalten. Er ist der erste Deutsche in der Reihe der seit 2005 geehrten Preisträger. ICES ehrt damit seine exzellente wissenschaftliche Forschungsarbeit sowie deren...

Instead of being windless, for pedestrians it is often especially windy near tall buildings, as they can markedly change the air currents in their immediate vicinity. How does the construction of a new building concretely influence wind direction and speed? Is more exhaust gas funneled into certain...

Sind Onlineforen eine Spielwiese für Klimaskeptikerinnen und -skeptiker? Eine neue Studie aus dem Exzellenzcluster CliSAP hat die Debatte auf offenen Plattformen untersucht. Kommunikationsforscherin Ines Lörcher im Interview: