News Archive

Important visitors: Olaf Scholz and Dorothee Stapelfeldt at the KlimaCampus

Climate
Event
23. 01. 2012

Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz and Senator for Science Dr Dorothee Stapelfeldt visited the KlimaCampus on 20 January to inform themselves on site about the scientific work of the respective institutions. In addition to a...

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Wladimir Peter Köppen Award 2011 for Florian Rauser

Science
Climate
Award
13. 01. 2012

For the third time the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP at the KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, has given recognition to excellent PhD theses. This year there will be two young recipients of the Wladimir Peter Köppen Award for...

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A search for large-scale effects of ship emissions on clouds and radiation in satellite data

Science
Climate
Publication
12. 01. 2012

This publication was chosen as research highlight by Nature Climate Change Aerosols released by ships can locally induce brighter or even new clouds, but it has been unclear whether this phenomenon extends far beyond the...

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Isaac Held wins important Climate Change Award

Science
Climate
Award
11. 01. 2012

Isaac M. Held, member of MPI-M’s Scientific Advisory Board, is the winner of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2012 in the Climate Change category for his fundamental contribution to understanding the structure of...

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Multi-year prediction of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5 °N possible

Science
Climate
Ocean
Publication
6. 01. 2012

Climate scientists around Dr. Daniela Matei and Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr from Hamburg University's Cluster of Excellence "CliSAP" have...

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