Moist garden soil, fine sand and gooey loam – on the first open-house day for the Institute of Soil Science, staff from Universität Hamburg explained how and why they research different soils. Several school classes and numerous visitors joined in the event, which the institute organized as part of...

The main auditorium of the Geomatikum building was filled with a large audience as the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) officially bid farewell to 39 graduates at a ceremony last Friday.

“Women in Oceanography” is the title of the current supplement to the journal “Oceanography,” in which more than 200 women report on the personal challenges they face as career-oriented academics in a field still dominated by males.

The European Union will provide roughly half a million euros in funding to support Hamburg-based sea ice research efforts over the next three years. As part of the recently approved international project SPICES, CliSAP researchers Lars Kaleschke and Dirk Notz will develop techniques for accurately...

News from Climate Science: Once a month, climate researchers report on their latest findings in the newspaper "Hamburger Abendblatt." Dr. Nina Maaß researches remote sensing methods for Arctic ice at the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP.

As of February 2015, Prof. Michael Brüggemann will head the research group “Media Constructions of Climate Change.” Brüggemann studied Journalism in Munich, where he minored in Political Science, Sociology and European Law. After completing his Ph.D. at Universität Hamburg in 2007, he engaged in...

The German Society for Marine Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Meeresforschung (DGM)) recently announced that the oceanographer Prof. Carsten Eden would be the recipient of this year’s Georg Wüst Prize. Eden will officially be awarded the prize at a ceremony during the Annual General Assembly of...

An international team on board the research ship METEOR is currently taking measurements in the Azores archipelago. The researchers are working to identify the risks posed by submarine volcanoes and underwater mudslides in the Atlantic. Led by Prof. Christian Hübscher from Universität Hamburg’s...

Der Astronaut und Geophysiker Alexander Gerst hat das Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse erhalten. Der ehemalige Promovend der Universität Hamburg arbeitete von Mai bis November vergangenen Jahres auf der Internationalen Raumstation ISS. Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck übergab die Auszeichnung am...

Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Second Mayor of the City of Hamburg and Senator for Science and Research, gave the opening address at the recently held CliSAP New Year’s Reception. Afterwards, Cluster Speaker Prof. Anita Engels led the audience through the agenda. The highlight of the event was the...