Pushing Interdisciplinarity

The University of Hamburg is once again ranked first among German universities in the latest QS Sustainability Ranking. Internationally, it still ranks in the top 50.

This year, the world is heading to the Amazon for the UN Climate Conference. Sociologist Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse from the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS at the University of Hamburg is originally from Brazil and will attend COP30 in Belém as a researcher. He explains why the conference gives him cautious optimism, what...

Due to climate change, heatwaves in Europe are not only becoming more frequent and hotter but also increasingly unpredictable. An international team led by climate scientist Dr. Goratz Beobide-Arsuaga from the Earth and Society Research Hub (ESRAH) at the University of Hamburg has now shown that global warming is also...

Each year, CLICCS nominates excellent doctoral theses in climate and Earth system research for the Wladimir Köppen Award. Outstanding dissertations with a clear connection to climate research can be submitted until December 15, 2025. The award is worth €5,000.

The Wladimir Köppen Award targets talented young researchers who...

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: marine biologist Prof. Dr. Helena Herr.

Rapidly thawing permafrost can accelerate climate change. Researchers want to determine to what extent the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane released by abrupt permafrost thaw affect the climate. In addition to partners from the US, Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden, the Department of Earth System Sciences – part...