News

1. 24.03.2010

   World Climate Research Panel Heads of international climate research to meet at the KlimaCampus</br>

   A group of around 30 high-ranking scientists will be meeting here next week to set the agenda for climate observation and analysis in the next decades. WOAP, short for the Observation and Assimilation Panel of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), will meet from 29 to 31 March 2010 at the...

2. 03.02.2010

   Urban Climate Research: New boost from Oklahoma

   Prof. Petra Klein, a leading expert in urban meteorology, will be carrying out research at the Department of Technical Meteorology in the Geomatikum from January to June. Her hosts here at the KlimaCampus are Professor Michael Schatzmann and Professor Bernd Leitl of the Meteorological Institute.

3. 20.11.2009

   Home Port Hamburg: 20 years of interdisciplinary marine and atmospheric research

   It was a varied, amusing and sometimes even touching event: on the 20th birthday of the Centre for Marine and Climate Research (ZMK), the founding director Prof. Dr. Jürgen Sündermann and his successor, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl,

   reminisced about the beginnings of interdisciplinary marine and...

4. 20.11.2009

   „Where is the Virtual Reality?“ The fascination of Climate and Earth System Research

   On Saturday, the 7th of November 2009, the Third Science Night took place in Hamburg. Over 60 scientific institutions from the region in and around Hamburg presented their work with experiments, lectures and demonstrations - free of charge. One highlight was the KlimaCampus.

    

5. 20.11.2009

   Prevention of Climate Conflicts

   At the University of Hamburg the first international conference of conflict and peace researchers together with climate scientists is taking place.

   More than 50 participants from 25 nations have a common goal: putting the research into the security risks of climate change on a sound scientific...

6. 13.11.2009

   European Geosciences Union honors Prof. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich

   In recognition of his scientific merits, the European Sciences Union (EGU) will award the Lewis Fry Richardson Medal to the Hamburg meteorologist Prof. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich. This honor was established by the EGU to recognize outstanding scientists whose work is related to Nonlinear Geosciences. The...

7. 15.10.2009

   Jürgen Sündermann receives Friendship Award of the Peoples´ Republik of China

   Prof. em. Dr. Jürgen Sündermann of the Center for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences in Hamburg received the Friendship Award 2009 of the PR China for his many years working towards the cooperation between German and Chinese marine researchers. With this award, Prof. Sündermann was honored for his...

8. 16.07.2009

   North Atlantic Circulation:RV Maria S Merian expedition completed

   What is the role of the North Atlantic Ocean in the earth´s climate? What effect does global warming have on oceanic circulation? To what degree is the ocean responsible for climate fluctuations? These and other questions concerned 21 scientists, technicians and students from Germany, England,...

9. 07.07.2009

   Wladimir-Peter-Köppen-Preis for excellent climate science

   KlimaCampus: The University of Hamburg presents the Wladimir Peter Köppen Award for excellent climate science for the first time.

    

10. 17.06.2009

    Full House: „Open Uni“ attracts Hamburg´s public

    Numerous large, but also many small visitors came on Saturday to investigate the "Open-Uni". From lectures to games, the KlimaCampus offerred a diverse program to the public.