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Honorary Academic Title for Climate Researcher Hans von StorchThe Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Gothenburg will, on 24 October, award Professor Hans von Storch an honorary doctorate for his services in the area of climate research. |
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Youth competition receives UNESCO Decade Project AwardThe youth competition "Research at Sea" was chosen by the German UNESCO Commission as "Decade Project for Sustainable Development 2008/2009". The jury, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan of the Free University of Berlin, praised the great fascination that the competition has for young people. |
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Marine Scientist from Hamburg receives Friendship Award from ChinaOn 27 September 2008, Hamburg's marine researcher, Prof. Dr. Werner Alpers, received the "National Friendship Award of the People's Republic of China" in the "Great Hall of the People" in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. |
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10 July 2008With the FerryBox to NamibiaKlimaCampus researchers investigate coastal upwelling systemWhat are the relationships between climate change, nutrient cycles and climate-relevant gases? The goal of a recent expedition of the research vessel METEOR to the continental shelf off Namibia was to help answer this question. From the 17th of May to the 4th of June scientists from the KlimaCampus Hamburg, the Max Planck Institute for Marine Mikrobiology Bremen and the Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde focussed on the northern Benguela upwelling region. With this cruise, the interdisciplinary project GENUS, which will be funded by the Federal Research Ministry from 2009, starts its work. The ecological and economical importance of coastal and shelf seas is immense. Around 25% of global biological productivity and about 90% of the world's fish harvest originate in these regions. Global climate change will, however, cause profound changes in them. The coastal upwelling system off Namibia has been shown to be very sensitive to climate change. For example, a change in the physical forcing by the trade winds changes the water circulation and, subsequently, the oxygen conditions. The oxygen concentration of the water, in turn, influences the nutrient cycles and thus the entire ecosystem. The central objective of the investigations was to detect and to quantify these interrelationships. Using the so-called FerryBox, an instrument originally developed for environmental monitoring purposes by the Institute for Coastal Research of the GKSS, the scientists detected low oxygen concentrations near the coast and simultaneously high CO2 partial pressures (pCO2) and nutrients in the water. These new results document extreme temporal and spatial variability in the oxygen availability - ideal conditions for determining the dependency of the nutrient cycles on the oxygen concentrations at depth. This is one of the central objectives of the GENUS project. Contact: Professor Dr. Kay-Christian Emeis |
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Martin Claussen joins German Academy of Science and Engineering Prof. Dr. Martin Claussen, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Professor of Meteorology and Chair of the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP at the University of Hamburg (KlimaCampus), was elected Ordinary Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) on April 24, 2008. The inauguration ceremony will take place in Berlin on October 21, 2008. Since the beginning of 2008, acatec has been operating as the German Academy of Science and Engineering aiming to represent the interests of the German technical sciences in the form of a National Academy. In most industrial nations such a lobby has already existed.
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Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer was appointed Max Planck Fellow In February 2008 Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer, Institute for Physical Oceanography at the University of Hamburg and Vice Chair of the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP (KlimaCampus), was appointed Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) by the Max Planck Society’s (MPG) President Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss. This recognition is based on his outstanding research performances in oceanography. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Monika Auweter-Kurtz, President of the University of Hamburg, said: “On behalf of the Executive Committee of the University I cordially congratulate Prof. Dr. Stammer. Appointing him Max Planck Fellow appreciates his major achievements and is an honourable distinction.” The “Max Planck Fellow” programme of the MPG aims to strengthen the relationship between universities and Max Planck Institutes by affiliating brilliant scientists to the MPG. The fellowship is limited to a maximum of five years and entails managing a working group at the MPI-M in the present case of Prof. Stammer.
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2 July 2008:
Honorary Doctorate for Tidal Researcher Dr. Richard Ray In recognition of his merits in research on oceanic tides, the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences of the University of Hamburg has conferred the title of Honorary Doctor on Dr. Richard Ray of Maryland, USA. The recognition is based on his pioneering work in which he demonstrated the significance of the tides for ocean dynamics and on his furthering, as an international capacity of the highest rank, of the development of the entire field of physical oceanography. The title was awarded to Ray on Tuesday at the KlimaCampus in connection with an international workshop on ocean tide modeling. |
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Polish Academy of Sciences honors Professor Jürgen SündermannOn the 8th of April Prof. Jürgen Sündermann, formerly director of the Centre for Marine and Climate Research of the University of Hamburg, was honored in Danzig with the Jubilee Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences. |
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Dr. Martin Blumenberg receives Albert Maucher AwardOn November 8th, the German Research Council awarded the Abert Maucher Award 2007 to Dr. Martin Blumenberg from the Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry of the University of Hamburg. He received the award for his excellent research in the field of Geosciences, specifically for his work on anerobic methane oxidation. |
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Prof. Dr. Walter Michaelis receives Alfred Treibs AwardProf. Dr. Walter Michaelis, Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry of the University of Hamburg, was honored with the Alfred Treibs Award 2007 for his research work in the field of organic geochemistry.
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Cluster of Excellence for the University of Hamburg and the ZMAW!On the 19th of October 2007 the University of Hamburg was notified that its proposal for a "Cluster of Excellence" in the Second Round of the Excellence Initiative was successful.
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Ice melt more dramatic than fearedAt the North Pole there is now less ice than has ever been observed using modern methods. Together with his Danish colleagues from the Technical University of Copenhagen (DTU), Prof. Dr. Lars Kaleschke from the Institute for Physical Oceanography is investigating the ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean using satellite-based remote sensing methods.
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich named Max Planck FellowProf. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, has been named Max Planck Fellow for his excellent work in the area of atmospheric and climate dynamics by the President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss. (Photo: Christa Kujath) |
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Climate conference in Hamburg
On March 12th the Federal Research Ministry sponsored a conference on "Global Change and Regional Impacts in North Germany" at the Hotel "Grand Elysée" in Hamburg. Over 600 participants from research, policymaking, administration and industry could inform themselves about the consequences of climate change in the coastal areas of northern Germany. In his opening address, Undersecretary Frieder Meyer-Krahmer presented a "symbolic check" for 33 million Euros for the new climate supercomputer. At the conference the research objectives of the Cluster of Excellence |
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ZMAW and CliSAP are presented the to University PresidentOn 23 February the President of the University of Hamburg, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Monika Auweter-Kurtz, visited the ZMAW to learn more about the research and education at the Centre.
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Hamburg's Mayor visits the ZMAWHamburg's Mayor, Ole von Beust, visited the Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences on 22 February. |
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IPCC Workshop at the MPI-M in HamburgOn February 9, 2007 the new conclusions of the IPCC Report "Climate Change 2007: the Physical Science Basis" were presented at a workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the possible consequences for research and for society were discussed. Photo, l.to.r: Prof. Dr. Guy Brasseur (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA), Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke (MPI-M, Hamburg), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Monika Auweter-Kurtz (President of the University of Hamburg). |
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Young people from North Germany have the chance to realise their own research adventure during the marine science competition hosted for the third time by the Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW) in Hamburg. |
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GKSS Award „Intelligible Science 2006“ for Dirk Notz
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EU-Commissioner Borg visits the ZMAWJoe Borg, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, visited the ZMAW on 4 December 2006. |
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Ocean data - measured by satelliteThe first SMOS workshop took place at the Institute for Physical Oceanography on 9-10 November.
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Award ceremony for Winners of Youth CompetitionClimate change and increasing UV radiation could have significant effects on marine organismens. This is the conclusion of the winning team from the Dietrich Bonhoeffer High School that won this year's youth competition "Research at Sea". More ...
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Carbonate precipitation explains ozone depletionModel studies show that the carbonate precipitation occurring during the freezing of sea water can trigger the "bromine explosion", thus causing ozone depletion in the troposphere in polar regions. |
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Researchers' Night "Surf the Earth" at ZMAWLive connections to Europe's most active volcano Stromboli and research divers in a tank were some of the highlights of the EU funded Researchers' Night "Surf the Earth" on 22 September 2006 at the Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences in Hamburg. |
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English Debating at the ZMAW18 May 2006 - In conjunction with the British Council Exhibition „NorthSouthEastWest“ at the ZMAW a workshop on English Debating was held. The motion to be debated was "This house believes that climate change is the greatest threat to our existence".
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Exhibition opens at the ZMAW2 May 2006 - At the opening of the photo exhibition "NorthSouthEastWest" at the ZMAW, a panel discussion was held onf the topic "Climate Change" with representatives from business, science and policy . |
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Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark visits ZMAW Hamburg, 17.02.2006 – During his state visit to Hamburg, HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark took the opportunity to inform himself about modern marine and climate research.
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What's the sheep doing at the Centre?There's a new aspect to the work in the new ZMAW building.
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Weakening of the Gulf Stream?
In the last issue of the science journal NATURE (Vol. 438, pp. 655-657), Harry Bryden, Hannah R. Longworth and Stuart A. Cunningham of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton (U.K.) reported a slowing of the meridional turnover in the North Atlantic over the past fifty years. (>>> the article).
Detlef Quadfasel of the ZMK (Institute for Physical Oceanography) has evaluated these observations in a News & Views commentary (NATURE, Vol. 438, pp. 565-566) (>>> the article).
Both publications were commented on widely in the media, e.g. in:
>>>nature news >>>time magazine >>>Spiegel online
The Speaker of ZMAW, Jochem Marotzke, and Detlef Quadfasel made further comments in the following article (in German)
