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Artificial Intelligence Enables Better Storm Surge Forecasts

Computer Science

Using weather data, a traditional climate calculation model, and artificial intelligence, Dr. Daniel Krieger of the University of Hamburg's Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) is able to provisionally forecast the frequency and height of storm surges for the next 10 years. The results were published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Health - Mar 31

Guarding Hamburg Against Biohazards: BMBF Funding for Drills

Over the next 3 years, Hamburg authorities will conduct drills to optimally prepare for biohazard emergencies. This is to improve cooperation and be transferable to other regions.

Music - Feb 27

Producers Set the Tone in Hip-Hop

Music

Eminem, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, or Nas-it is often the star rappers who claim sovereignty over the sound of a track through their voice and lyrics. The subject literature reveals contradictory views about who really determines the sound of a music production. In a study published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, a team of musicologists led by Tim Ziemer from the University of Hamburg has now been able to prove that it is clearly the producers.

Health - Feb 11

Watching Videos of People with Cold Symptoms Activates Brain Regions and Triggers Immune Response

Health

People watching videos of sneezing or sick people show increased activity at the junction of brain regions and the immune system that react to potential dangers.

Environment - Dec 23, 2024

New Research Group Investigates Varieties of English Worldwide

Environment

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research group at the University of Hamburg. From 1 April 2025, a team led Peter Siemund at the Faculty of Humanities will explore how the impact of English has been changing in various multilingual regions of the world-with a particular focus on local differences and influences.

Research Management - Mar 7

Successful Start of Second MOTRA Round

Research Management

The collaborative project Radicalization Monitoring System and Transfer Platform (Monitoringsystem und Transferplattform Radikalisierung, MOTRA), which includes 2 research groups from Hamburg, is entering its second funding phase. After successfully completing the first funding phase (2019 to 2024), the project will receive further funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community until March 2028.

Environment - Feb 19

The Arctic-Unrecognizable in 2100?

Environment

On 2 February 2025, in the midst of the Arctic winter, the temperature at the North Pole was a tad over freezing.

Environment - Jan 15

Single-celled organisms with superpowers

Environment

So-called foraminifera are found in all the world's oceans. Now, an international study led by the University of Hamburg has shown that foraminifera are found in all the world's oceans: The mostly shell-bearing microorganisms absorb phosphate from the water to an unprecedented extent, which pollutes the oceans. The study has been published in the scientific journal "Nature".

Environment - Nov 27, 2024

Hamburg city air heavily polluted with microplastics

Environment

Particulate matter and microplastics are much-discussed risks to the environment and health. A new study by the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability at the University of Hamburg and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has now investigated the role of tire and brake wear in the formation of urban particulate matter for the first time. The result: this abrasion alone causes 12 percent of particulate matter in Hamburg - and is the largest source of microplastics in the environment.



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