Hartmut Heinrich

Hartmut Heinrich ( born March 5, 1952 in Northeim ) is a German marine geologist and climatologist.

Henry is active in the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency in Hamburg in the Department of Oceanography. Since 1 November 2006, he heads there as director and professor Unit "Physics of the sea". In 1988, he described the sudden climate fluctuations in the course of the Earth, which were named after him as Heinrich events.

Henry studied at the University of Göttingen geology and a doctorate at the Christian -Albrechts -University of Kiel in specialist marine geology. The discovery of the eponymous Heinrich events - stages massive ice discharge from the continental ice sheets, through which the global climate is strongly influenced - was confirmed by later studies in the Greenland inland ice after the geological exploration of the GRIP ice core -. Dr. Henry warns of the consequences of global warming that can occur abruptly and could have far greater impact on shipping and population than previously thought.

Selected works

• Heinrich H.: Origin and consequences of cyclic ice rafting in the northeast Atlantic Ocean falling on the past 130,000 years. Quaternary Research 29, pp. 142-152, 1988
• GC Bond, H. Heinrich, WS Broecker, L. Labeyrie, J. McManus, J. Andrews, S. Huon, R. Jantschik, S. Clasen, C. Simet, K. Tedesco, M. Klas, G. Bonani and S. Ivy: Evidence for massive discharges of icebergs into the North Atlantic ocean falling on the load- glacial period. Nature, 360, pp. 245-249, 1992