News (2024)1 May 2024|ResearchDecomposition of the tropical wave divergencePhoto: V.NeduhalThe divergence of the horizontal wind is an essential variable for characterizing atmospheric general circulation, along with the vertical component...Contribution from the news channel Atmospheric Science29 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksNew publication on the carbon budget conceptPhoto: marcin at pixabayThe concept of the carbon budget has gained prominence over the last decade. It states that the global mean temperature (GMT) increase is roughly...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks22 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksPIER PLUS networking event stimulates synergies between the six profilesPhoto: www.pier-plus.dePIER PLUS represents a research alliance of all universities funded by the City of Hamburg and independent research institutes. It is organized along...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks22 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksVisions for life and land use in 2070Photo: Luisa GenschLuisa Gensch, a PhD student at the FNK, was invited to the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle from the 3rd to the 7th of April, 2024...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks15 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksWelcome Dr. Hao Xia at the FNKPhoto: Yu ShenDr. Hao Xia completed a PhD program at the University of Copenhagen. As an interdisciplinary conservation scientist, he will join the project “SQUEEZE...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks14 April 2024|newsMarine Geophysicists present at the EGU (Vienna)The working group "Marine Geophysics" presents itself at the annual meeting of the EGU with a total of 8 presentations. The topics range from glacial...11 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksNew publication on extreme rainfall eventsPhoto: wdr.deClimate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall events. However, due to their rare nature by definition, it is...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks7 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksVito Avakumović spends half the time of joint doctoral program in AustraliaPhoto: Benjamin BlanzThe PhD student Vito Avakumović spends a year in Melbourne, Australia, within a structured joint doctoral program between the Universität Hamburg and...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks4 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksFormer FNK Guest Researcher Hermine Mitter Begins New Professorship in GrazPhoto: Hermine Mitter & Uni GrazThe FNK Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Risks at the University of Hamburg congratulates Hermine Mitter on starting her new professorship at...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate Risks4 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksEU-wide analysis of environmental cost of pesticides publishedPhoto: ElsevierLuisa Gensch published her first PhD paper titled "Pesticide risk assessment in European agriculture: Distribution patterns, ban-substitution effects...Contribution from the news channel Sustainability & Climate RisksPrevious articlesMore articles