News10 October 2025|NewsPeTCaT project field site visits in the Canadian Arctic 2025Carolina Voigt and Christian Knoblauch, researchers in the newly established Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle project PeTCaT – Rapid Permafrost...8 October 2025|ForschungWhen permafrost thaws rapidlyPhoto: Christian Knoblauch/ UHHRapidly thawing permafrost can accelerate climate change. Researchers want to determine to what extent the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane...Contribution from the news channel ESRAH News1 October 2025|NewsSimran Sekhri Wins 2025 Best Soil Science Case Study AwardPhoto: image courtesy of S. SekhriSimran Sekhri from the Institute of Soil Science, Universität Hamburg, has been awarded the best 2025 CABI & EUROSOIL Soil Science Case Study. Her...1 October 2025|NewsStudents on a field course on soil diversity in the HahnheidePhoto: UHH/IfB/C. FienckeFrom September 29 to October 1, 2025, bachelor's students in the geosciences program studied the diversity of soils in the Hahnheide Forest and worked...30 September 2025|NewsPlant Survival under Drought: Water Vapor Uptake in Sandy SoilsPhoto: UHH/IfB/S. SekhriSimran Sekhri, Volker Kleinschmidt, Annette Eschenbach and Joscha N. Becker from the Institute of Soil Science, Universität Hamburg, recently...22 September 2025|ForschungLabelling-experiment to investigate the carbon cycle in Elbe marsh soilsPhoto: UHH/RTG2530/LorkResearchers of the RTG 2530 have developed a labelling experiment to investigate the effects of climate change on the carbon cycle in marsh...Contribution from the news channel Blog GRK253019 September 2025|NewsCOLDSPOT expedition to the Canadian Arctic 2025Photo: UHH/IfB/C. VoigtAimée Pellissier-Tanon, Friederike Neiske, and Carolina Voigt of the newly formed ERC bridge group COLDSPOT (UHH & Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar...5 September 2025|NewsCOLDSPOT field campaign in Finnish Lapland 2025Photo: Maren JenrichThis summer, the newly formed ERC bridge group COLDSPOT (UHH & Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research) carried out its first field...28 August 2025|NewsHeatwave lag effects in the ArcticIn 2020, Siberia experienced a severe, record-breaking heatwave. This unprecedented heatwave affected the carbon cycle in both 2020 and 2021. See the...24 August 2025|NewsTreibhausgasmessungen Arktis 2025Photo: Claudia Fiencke / UHHFor the third summer in a row, Selina Undeutsch and Claudia Fiencke are measuring the three greenhouse gases N2O, CH4, and CO2 at three hydrological...4 August 2025|NewsMsC-Germany-Excursion 2025Photo: Karte: Verändert nach © OpenStreetMap-Erhardt et al., 2023, Fotos: UHH/IfB/C. FienckeStudents of the MSc program in Geosciences with a specialization in Soil Science are on an 11-day excursion in Germany from 29.07.-08.08.25 to study...18 July 2025|News“The role of peatlands in the climate system” in the Twitch streamPhoto: UHH/IfB/D. HollOn 24.07.2025 at 12:00, Dr. David Holl will talk about the role of peatlands in the climate system in the Twitch live stream. He will talk to Sofia...4 June 2025|VeranstaltungThree Days of Sea Breeze Instead of Seminar RoomsPhoto: SICSS/UHHFor three days, 37 SICSS doctoral candidates traded their seminar rooms for fresh sea air at the SICSS Retreat in Brodten near Travemünde. The program...Contribution from the news channel SICSS News20 May 2025|News“Courageous and boundary-breaking teaching”Lars Kutzbach and his co-lecturers Johanna Baehr, Jörn Behrens, Leonard Borchert, Matthias Revers, Simone Rödder and Jana Sillmann were honored as...20 May 2025|NewsIntegrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS) degree program receives awardThe master degree program “Integrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS)” has been recognized as one of the five winning projects of the “MINTchallenge...5 May 2025|NewsSpecial lecture "Quantifying climate-smart agriculture: Greenhouse gas measurements in Arkansas rice production"Photo: Image courtesy of B. RunkleOn May 26, Dr. B. Runkle will give a lecture entitled “Quantifying climate-smart agriculture: Greenhouse gas measurements in Arkansas rice production”...11 April 2025|NewsMaster students at the ISRIC (International Soil Reference and Information Centre, Wageningen)Photo: UHH/IfB/L. KutzbachIn the first week of April, students on the Geosciences Master's program visited the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) in...1 April 2025|NewsEddy-Covariance-System on Disko-IslandPhoto: UHH/IfB/D.HollAt the start of the season, Evan Wilcox and David Holl from the “Soils in the Climate System” working group successfully installed the...3 March 2025|NewsLitter decomposition in marsh soils of the Elbe EstuaryPhoto: UHH/IfB/F. NeiskeMarsh soils have a high carbon storage potential, but this potential is influenced by climate change. In particular, marshes in estuaries are...16 December 2024|NewsConference participation (AGU24, Washington) of the working group "Soils in the Climate System working group"Photo: Jamil AnacheProf. Dr. Lars Kutzbach and Dr. David Holl from the “Soils in the Climate System” working group took part in the AGU24 conference in Washington. There...Show all news
