Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changed environmental conditions. How they do so is crucial. The current Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 shows that only sustainable adaptation is successful in the long term. The central study conducted by the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS) at the University of Hamburg has practical recommendations.

The University of Hamburg's Dr. Jonas Preine has received this year's KlarText award from the Klaus Tschira Foundation. Each year, the foundation awards young researchers who present the background, methods, and findings of their doctoral dissertations to the public in a particularly effective manner.

On 23 and 24 July, pop singer Taylor Swift gave 2 concerts in the Hamburg Volkspark stadium. Those who couldn't get tickets could at least watch the seismic waves created during the performance, via a live stream from the WAVE network at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld.

The EU Emissions Trading System is not only good for reducing CO2 and for the climate. It also results in considerable health benefits due to reduced air pollution and saves hundreds of billions of euros, according to a recently released study by a team at Universität Hamburg.

A large city's sewage contains a huge variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microscopic organisms. A new collaborative monitoring project headed by researchers at Universität Hamburg are now studying how the diversity of this so-called "aquatic microbiome" changes and what it might indicate about human health in urban populations.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has announced that the Universität Hamburg Faculty of Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) will receive a new collaborative research center (CRC). Two further CRC Transregios, of which Universität Hamburg is part, were extended for a further funding phase.

The Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, which resulted in, among other things, the occupation of the Philippines by the United States. Universität Hamburg students are now showcasing the consequences of this turning point, which reverberate to this day in the southeast Asian Pacific nation. The special exhibition will last through October 2024.

Migration can have different causes such as military conflicts or poverty. However, there is hardly any research to date on whether international sanctions influence the decision to leave one's homeland or not. Researchers at the University of Hamburg and Trier University have now published the first statistical analysis on sanction-driven emigration in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

We humans benefit from the oceans' tremendous capacity to absorb greenhouse gases. Due to the low temperature of the water, the Arctic Ocean absorbs an especially large amount of CO2 in relation to its size. Due in part to climate change, this effect will be less pronounced in the future. A new study released by Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence CLICCS shows how much CO2 is released into the atmosphere in the Arctic Ocean by the erosion of coastal permafrost.

How and why do the perception and acceptance of political rules and institutions change? This is the hot-button question that a new research group on major structural change, headed by Lydia Mechtenberg from University of Hamburg, is asking. A research group in biology will also continue to receive funding from the German Research Foundation for another grant period.

From basic research to everyday use: the Institute for Quantum Physics at Universität Hamburg and the IT provider Lufthansa Industry Solutions are jointly developing quantum algorithms to optimize operations at airports. The goal of this joint endeavor is to solve the so-called "airport gate assignment problem" at airports around the world.

Several research groups at the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg will receive almost €5 million over the next three years for their joint projects at the world's largest particle accelerator. With their measurements, they are researching the particles that form the building blocks of all matter.

To limit global warming, Germany is set to become climate-neutral in 2045. While technologically and economically feasible, political and societal forces threaten to slow the transformation according to Stefan Aykut at the University's Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS). Aykut has now published his findings in a study.

Four researchers in the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences at Universität Hamburg enjoyed success in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and, together with their project partners, will be receiving a total of €13.9 million for Doctoral Networks.