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3 February 2023|Press release

ERC Consolidator Grant: replacing fossil fuels used in the chemical industry with biomass

The picture shows a permanent test facility for the OxFA process, which involves using oxygen to convert biomass to formic acid.

Photo: Private

The European Research Council has awarded Prof. Dr. Jakob Albert a grant of around €2 million: The chemical engineer based at Universität Hamburg will spend the next 5 years researching catalysts—so substances that influence the speed of a chemical reaction without being used up themselves. These...
1 February 2023|Press release

1.5-degree Goal not plausible: Social change more important than physical tipping points

Cover illustration of the Hamburg Climate Future Outlook 2023

Photo: UHH/CEN

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS). Climate policy, protests, and the Ukraine crisis: the participating researchers...

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