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The Arctic has been experiencing record wildfires for years. Lukas Fiedler, a researcher at the Earth and Society Research Hub (ESRAH) at the University of Hamburg, has now been able to demonstrate: the extreme fire years 2019 to 2021 can be attributed to human-caused climate change. His study was published in the...

UNESCO wants all at-risk coasts around the world to be “tsunami-ready” by 2030. Today, on the fifteenth anniversary of the tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, costing more than 18,000 lives and resulting in a meltdown at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, this goal has lost none of its urgency. To achieve it, twelve...

The University of Hamburg was extremely successful in the framework of the Excellence Strategy, securing funding for the 4 existing clusters of excellence in the next funding round from January 2026. The University has thus consolidated its top position among the leading group of German research universities. With this...

On March 5, the research vessel Maria S. Merian will depart from the Spanish port of Málaga for a six-week expedition to the Greek Aegean Sea. Led by the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at the University of Hamburg, in collaboration with Kiel University, the expedition aims to collect underwater...

Particulate matter and microplastics are much-discussed health and environmental risks. A new study by the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at the University of Hamburg and the Helmholtz Centre Hereon GmbH has now investigated the role of tire and brake wear in the formation of urban particulate...

Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changing environmental conditions. But what really makes the difference is how they do it. The recently published Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 by 73 authors shows that, in the long run, only sustainable adaptation can succeed. This global assessment by University of...

A study by the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability at the University of Hamburg has investigated how various weather data can help to better plan bike rides in Hamburg’s urban area and effectively avoid the next shower.