Media contributions of Anders Levermann

Media contributions of Anders Levermann

Articles (selection)

February 2014

"Commentary on
Climate extremes and global adaptation"

January 2014

Original title:
"There will never be 10C of global warming."
(see also online discussion)

September 2013

Risky Rise - the IPCC provided a full projection of future sea-level but no risk analysis

August 2013

The inevitability of sea-level rise

August 2013

The inevitability of sea-level rise

November 2012

Klimaschutz ist Selbstschutz, nicht Entwicklungshilfe

April 2011

Public discussion on the article

December 2010

Public discussion on the article

Since March 2008

German climate-science weblog KlimaLounge

February 2008

Definition of climate change

August 2007

The Atlantic thermohaline circulation

Interviews & Special Coverage (selection)

March 2014
Future sea-level threatens world cultural heritage

» Original publications. » List of UNESCO sites.

Media coverage:

» The Guardian. » Le Monde.

» Huffington Post. » New Scientist.

» Economic Times. » Times of India.

» Süddeutsche Zeitung. » Climate Central.

» Hamburger Abendblatt. » Berliner Zeitung.

» Die Welt. » Focus.

» Kleine Zeitung. » Wiener Zeitung.

October 2013
Portrait in local newspaper of my hometown Bremerhaven (Article, Front page, and Online interview).

October 2013
Background story explaining the main issues and disagreements within the three years of work on the latest assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC-AR5 (pdf of article).

September 2013

Radio interview on the IPCC, climate change,
sea level rise and how to avoid them
Download mp3 here.

September 2013

Interview with major German tabloid BILD.
Brief version in Print edition.
(in context with the obligatory naked lady.)
Longer online version.

September 2013

TV interview on the IPCC, climate change,
sea level rise and how to avoid them

Sea levels are rising due to #climate change, potentially threatening U.S. cities: http://t.co/LxPOPkUfWB We have to #ActOnClimate.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 31, 2013

July 2013
Favoured as "Federal Minister for the Environment" by actress Christiane Paul in German magazine Cicero - deeply honoured!

July 2013

Interview: Leaving Our Descendants A Whopping Rise in Sea Levels

July 2013

Interview: Climate Disruption and Sea Level Rise

April 2013

Interview: Klimaforscher auf dem Eis

April 2013

Antarctic sea-level contribution

March 2013

Limits of adaptation to climate change

February 2013

Interview on climatic tipping cascade

January 2013

Interview on sea-level rise

August 2012

6^th post of video-column "Ask a climate expert"
» Is there a limit to global warming?

Arctic sea ice melt 2012 on national television ARD Nachmagazin

July 2012

Interview on Greenland melt season covered by
Tagesschau.de - Zeit-online - Welt-online - Berliner Morgenpost - Süddeutsche - ZDF heute - Fokus-online

July 2012

FuturZwei with actress Christiane Paul

May 2012

Parliamentary hearing on EU-emission target
» Own statements » Full hearing

December 2011

Future sea level rise

November 2011

COP-17 climate conference in Durban

October 2011

Detailed interview for book by Christiane Paul with Peter Unfried on climate change and life

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Press Releases

5^th March 2014
Cultural world heritage threatened by climate change
5^th February 2014
Inducing climate-smart global supply networks: Nature Commentary
2^nd February 2014
Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs investigated
15^th July 2013
Each degree of global warming might ultimately raise global sea levels by more than 2 meters
20^th June 2013
Ups-and-downs of Indian monsoon rainfall likely to increase under warming
12^th December 2012
More ice loss through snowfall on Antarctica
21^st March 2012
Ice loss in the Antarctic: Researchers find calving law
23^rd June 2011
Researchers refine assessment of tipping elements of the climate system
9^th December 2010
Slow cooling after warming peak
25^th June 2010
Atlantic surface circulation qualifies as 'tipped' element
8^th December 2009
Tipping Elements in the Earth System: How Stable is the Contemporary Environment?
19^th October 2009
Monsoon model indicates potential for abrupt transitions
29^th June 2007
Risk for breakdown of Atlantic ocean circulation
04^th April 2005
Changes in Ocean Circulation Could Lead To Rapid Regional Sea Level Change

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Selected Public Appearances

Print and online media

September 2013: Bild.de "IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise"
September 2013: Al Jazeera America "IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise"
September 2013: Arab News "Do we need more IPCC reports"
September 2013: Die Welt "IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise"
September 2013: Spiegel Online "IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise"
September 2013: Westphälische Allgemeine "IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise"
September 2013: Nordwestzeitung "Sea-level rise and costal protection"
September 2013: FOCUS online - Money "IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise"
July 2013: Shanghai Daily "Each degree of global warming to raise sea level by 2 metres: study shows"
July 2013: Huffingtonpost "Sea Level Rise Study Shows Each Degree Of Warming Could Bring 2.3 Meter Shift"
July 2013: ChinaDaily "Global warming might significantly raises sea level: study"
July 2013: Voice of America "Climate Scientists Give New Prediction of Sea Level Change"
July 2013: grist "Seas may rise 10 yards during centuries ahead"
June 2013: Tagesanzeiger "Das häßliche Gesicht des Monsuns"
June 2013: University of Southern California - Annenberg Digital News "Deadly Monsoon Kills Over One Thousand People"
June 2013: theStar.com "Cataclysmic flooding in India sign of global warming, warns new study "
June 2013: Focus online "Treibhausgase sorgen für Regenmassen: Klimawandel macht indischen Monsun unberechenbar "
June 2013: N-TV.de "Klimawandel beeinflusst Monsun: Ernste Gefahr für Indiens Landwirtschaft"
June 2013: Tagesspiegel "Pilgerfahrt in den Tod"
June 2013: Economics Times "IEA suggests measure to control global temperature rise"
June 2013: The Hindu - Business Line "Monsoon could become even more unpredictable, say researchers"
June 2013: Times of India "Global warming will make Indian monsoon worse and unpredictable, says study"
December 2012: NBCNEW "More snow could mean less ice for Antarctica, study finds"
December 2012: CBSNEWS "More snow could mean less ice for Antarctica"
November 2012: Scientific American "Indian Monsoon May Fail More Often due to Climate Change"
November 2012: National Geographic "Klimawandel reduziert Monsun-Niederschläge in Indien"
November 2012: Homeland Security Newswire "Indian Monsoon failure more frequent with warming"
September 2012: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "Die Vermessung der Ozeane"
September 2012: Spiegel Online "Arktisches Meereis"
July 2012: Is nerd "A muffling of the monsoons"
July 2012: TopNews India "Climate change to impact Monsoon in the coming two centuries"
July 2012: tagesschau.de "Grönland taut an"
July 2012: Die Welt "Grönland-Eis schmolz im Sommer so stark wie noch nie"
October 2011: Frankfurter Rundschau: Interview on Bangkok flooding
August 2011: Deutsche Presseagentur - DPA: Zukünftige Klimaentwicklung
August 2011: Welt - online "Gespräche: Hurrikane in Europa nicht ausgeschlossen"
August 2011: Badische Zeitung "Wir müssen uns Sorgen machen"
August 2011: Focus - online "Gespräche: Hurrikane in Europa nicht ausgeschlossen"
August 2011: CO2Handel.de "Forscher: Hurrikane in Europa in Zukunft nicht ausgeschlossen"
August 2011: Schweriner Volkszeitung "Drohen Europa Hurrikanes?"
August 2011: Mainpost "Gespräche: Hurrikane in Europa nicht ausgeschlossen"
August 2011: evangelisch.de "Forscher: Hurrikane in Europa in Zukunft nicht ausgeschlossen"
July 2011: NTV - online "Interview: Wenn Kipp-Elemente kippen" by Johannes Süßmann
November 2010: NTV - online "Inteview: '9 Grad sind unwahrscheinlich'" by Humbertus Volmer
November 2010: Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten "Inteview: 'Dann wird es sehr viel kälter'" by Jan Kixmüller
December 2009: Wired Science "7 Tipping Points That Could Transform Earth" by Brandon Keim
November 2009: Deutsche Welle "'Prognosen sind unmöglich': Wie Klimaforscher arbeiten"
October 2009: Die Zeit, "Luftverschmutzung und Klimawandel stören Monsun"
October 2009: NTV, "Studie: Monsunsysteme gefährdet"
October 2009: Spektrum der Wissenschaft, "Ohne Sonne kein Regen" by Julia Eder
September 2009: New Scientist, "No rainforest, no monsoon: get ready for a warmer world" by Shanta Barley
August 2009: Die Zeit, "Kampf um jeden Zentimeter" by Max Rauner
May 2009: Frankfurter Rundschau, Interview on impact of climate change on the ocean led by Joachim Wille
May 2009: Braunschweiger Zeitung, "Die Meere versauern, Korallen sind in Gefahr" by Andre Dolle
February 2009: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, "Rennen um Rohstoffe" by Christopher Onkelbach
January 2009: Technology Review, "Schatten für die überhitzte Erde" by Wolfgang Stieler
July 2008: AlphaGalileo, "Changes in the winds could have been the cause of an abrupt glacial climatic change"
February 2008: Terradaily, "Wind variations may spur climate change"
January 2008: BBC News online, "The ebb and flow of sea level rise" by Mark Kinver
September 2007: Reuters, "Arctic thaw may be at `Tipping Point`"
June 2007: Hamburger Abendblatt, "Forscher: Golfstrom könnte in diesem Jahrhundert versiegen"
June 2007: Manager Magazine online, "Verzicht ist keine Lösung" by Simon Hage
February 2007: Tagesspiegel, "Weiss der Himmel" by Dagmar Dehmer
February 2007: ÖkologiePolitik, " Im Gespräch", interview conducted by Sarah Hassel-Reusing and Volker Reusing
January 2007: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, "Heizen, bis die Meere über laufen" by Ralf Volke
January 2007: Echo-online - Zeitung für Südhessen, "Klimawandel und die Folgen"
November 2006: BZ, "Der Klima-Soli kommt." by Jochen Gössmann
November 2006: Badische Zeitung, "Wir kennen die Folgen", interview conducted by Michael Brendler
August 2006: Tagesschau.de, "Klimawandel lässt Meeresspiegel steigen" by Silvia Stöber-Kuhn
May 2006: Märkische Allgemeine, "Pinguine und Mammuthaar" by Mirjam Neebe
April 2006: NewScientist, "Climate change: The great Atlantic shutdown" by Stephen Battersby
January 2006: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, "Der Nordatlantik unter scharfer Beobachtung" by Heidi Blattmann
December 2005: FAZ.NET, "Europas Fernwärmepumpe schwächelt" by Monika Seynsche
June 2005: National Geographic, "Global Warming May Alter Atlantic Currents, Study Says" by John Roach

TV and radio

September 2013: DLF: IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise

September 2013: rbb Brandenburg aktuell: IPCC report, climate change and sea-level rise

November 2012: Radio-1 Live-Interview on Climate Conference COP-19

October 2011: WDR-5 Live-Interview on monsoon rainfall in Thailand

August 2011: Austrian radio, Kronehit, Hurricane Irene

August 2011: national TV, NTV, Hurricane Irene

August 2011: DPA-Audio, News agency, Hurricane Irene

July 2011: national radio, WDR, Petersberger Klimagipfel

July 2011: national radio, BR, Petersberger Klimagipfel

July 2011: national radio, NDR Info, Petersberger Klimagipfel

June 2011: national TV, 3Sat, Nano, Bonner climate summit and Tipping elements

January 2011: national radio, WDR5, Leonardo, climate change

January 2011: national radio, WDR2, Extreme events

January 2011: national radio, RBB, Info radio, extreme events

December 2010: national radio, WDR, Leonardo programm, on Gulf Stream and cold winter

December 2009: national TV, N24

December 2009: Nano TV, 3Sat "Meeresspiegel steigt schneller als befürchtet"

December 2009: RBB Inforadio

December 2009: Deutschlandfunk

December 2009: Saarländischer Rundfunk

November 2009: Deutsche Welle Radio "'Prognosen sind unmöglich': Wie Klimaforscher arbeiten"

July 2009: National Radio, NDR2, G8 summit and Arctic ice thinning observed by NASA

June 2009: National TV, N24, Release of Copenhagen Synthesis Report of Climate Change

May 2009: National Radio, HR, Climate impact onto the ocean

February 2009: National Radio, WDR, Antarctic research station von-Neumayer-III

December 2008: National TV, 3Sat, Nano, Tipping Elements (see Infografik)

October 2008: National TV, NTV, Arctic Autumn 2008

October 2008: International TV, Deutsche Welle TV, Arctic Autumn 2008

October 2008: National Radio, Radio Fritz, Arctic Autumn 2008

October 2008: Bavarian Regional Radio, Bayrischer Rundfunk, Arctic Autumn 2008

September 2008: National TV, MDR, Sea level rise in Florida.

July 2008: National Radio, HR, background story on Tonga.

December 2007: Spanish National TV, Television Espanola, evening news

September 2007: Tchech National TV

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