Hamburg Institut (Germany)

Oxygen minimum zones in the Indian Ocean and their response to changes in the Indian Ocean meridional circulation

Abstract. The Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZs) in the northern Indian Ocean (i.e., the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal) are among the most intense OMZs in the world's oceans. While there has been no clear evidence of a significant change in the Bay of Bengal OMZ (BoB OMZ), the Arabi...

The Hamburg Method for active cities: a multi-level framework for evidence-based urban physical activity promotion

Abstract Physical inactivity is a persistent global public health challenge, particularly in urban settings where complex social, environmental, and infrastructural factors shape opportunities for physical activity. Despite extensive evidence on effective interventions, a persist...

STARSFLUX: an all-sky catalogue of absolute spectro-photometric calibrators from 0.3 to 30 μ m

Abstract Obtaining accurate fluxes of faint sources from the ground in near- and mid-infrared wavelengths is challenging because of the rapidly changing atmospheric absorption. A common limitation is the lack of a nearby spectro-photometric calibrator. We present the STellar Abso...

“Norman… I Hate to Talk About Norman”: The Art of the Insult and Literary Friendship, Circa 1960

The essay rereads the literary field of the mid-twentieth century as structured by “the art of the insult”—a game the literati, exemplified by James Baldwin and Norman Mailer, are invested in. In essays and interviews, these writers engage in ad hominem verbal attacks to test the...