The Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) is a leading institution for climate research, it carries out interdisciplinary research that is at the forefront of climate science. The OCCR brings together researchers from 17 institutes and 5 faculties. It was founded in 2007 and is named after Hans Oeschger (1927-1998), a pioneer of modern climate research.
The OCCR has built up a unique interdisciplinary research environment focusing on climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. At the interface between physics, geography, biology, chemistry, history, economy, political sciences and philosophy, approximately 330 researchers are investigating the effects of these unprecedented changes on humans and ecosystems.
Resignation
Thomas Stocker, the long-serving President of the Oeschger Centre, is retiring and thus also relinquishing his position at the head of the OCCR. In an interview, he looks back on his extraordinary career.
Floods
A new tool from the Mobiliar Lab shows how the damage changes when runoff increases due to climate change.
Pollen monitoring
Experts from OCCR are contributing tto a development ibased on artificial intelligence that aims to improve the lives of people who suffer from allergies.
Climate litigation
OCCR member Charlotte Blattner writes in Nature on the consequences of the judgment in the “climate senior citizens” case.
Social tipping points
Economist and philosopher, Philippe Colo, analyses social tipping points. He says that a project like this is only possible in an interdisciplinary environment such as the Oeschger Centre, which uniquely supports and thrives on interdisciplinary collaboration.
Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Thomas Stocker and Jakob Schwander have been honoured with one of the most important science prizes in Europe.
European Geosciences Union prize
This prestigious prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of ice research.
uniAKTUELL web journal
Researchers get to the heart of current developments in their field in video statements.
Paper of the month
A publication jointly authored by several OCCR researchers and published in the journal The Holocene suggests comparable dynamics of land use in southern and central Europe during the Neolithic. The study is based on a new, continuous, high-resolution palaeoecological record from central Italy. The sedimentary record from Lago di Mezzano was used to reconstruct vegetation, biodiversity and fire dynamics on a decadal scale in order to better understand the relationships between climate, land use, fire and plant communities from the Neolithic to the Copper Age (ca. 5100-3100 cal. BC).
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