Thunderstorms create cold regions that can lead to new thunderstorms Computer simulations can depict the effect, but what does it look like in nature...
8 July 2020|Research
“Thunderstorms could increase”
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9 January 2020|Press release
Using sea-level rise to define climate targets
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One major consequence of global warming is the rising sea level. A study conducted at Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research...
11 November 2019|Research
Euro 19.3 million for 4 new research training groups at Universität Hamburg
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Universität Hamburg enjoys another resounding success with the German Research Foundation (DFG) DFG has approved and will fund all 4 research training...
13 September 2019|Press release
New study reveals the role of childhood vision behind associations between shapes and sounds
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How do our senses, like vision, hearing, and touch, work together to create the perception of the world around us? A new study by scientists at...
5 September 2019|Press release
One million euros for inventory of galaxies
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The Universität Hamburg receives around 500,000 euros from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a spectrograph and supports its acquisition with a...
1 August 2019|Press release
New Emmy Noether group studies complex materials
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The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Emmy Noether junior research group at the Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg...
16 July 2019|Research
First Joint-Postdoctoral Research Position with Macquarie University in Sydney
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Researching in Australia: Educational Scientist Dr. phil. des. Anja Augsdörfer has begun the first joint-postdoctoral research position with...
10 April 2019|Research
Black holes: what are they, actually?
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The international research project Event Horizon has now succeeded in photographing a black hole for the first time. But what is a black hole...
28 February 2019|Pressemitteilung
Sociologist from Universität Hamburg honored with the 2019 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
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The German Research Foundation (DFG) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research have selected Stefan Aykut from Universität Hamburg’s...
20 February 2019|Pressemitteilung
New Head of World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Professor from Universität Hamburg
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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is one of the world’s leading climate research initiatives. Effective immediately, Prof. Detlef Stammer...