Wolfgang Lucht   ·   Press

Chair Research Domain I Earth System Analysis

Alexander von Humboldt Chair in Sustainability Science

• September 27, 2023, rbb24 Inforadio, live radio interview on our just published planetary boundaries update
• September 16, 2023, rbb Radio Eiins, live radio interview on our just published planetary boundaries updatet
• September 14, 2023, Deutschlandfunk, Forschung aktuell, longer interview on our just published planetary boundaries update
• September 13, 2023, ABC Radio Australia, Morning Show, live radio interview on our just published planetary boundaries update

2022 (largely incomplete)

• January 17, 2022, Tagesspiegel Newspaper in Berlin, "Kühlt Vulkanausbruch die Erderwärmung?", report on the (lack of) climatic effects from the large volcanic eruption in Tonga
• January 17, 2922, "Spektrum" science magazine online, "Stärkster Vulkanausbruch seit 30 Jahren", report on the volcanic eruption in Tonga with quotes from my twitter feed
  
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• Hessischer Rundfunk COP
• Deutschlandfunk Nova
  
• Antenne Brandenburg
  
• (incomplete, many more)
  

• March 3, 2021, Finnish Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, "Tapiolan kuoro sai tähti­näyttelijät mukaan ilmasto­kriisistä kertovalle musiikki­videolle", report with mention on a video production highlighting climate and ecological change
  
• March 9, 2021, Tagesspiegel Background, "Wassermanagement entscheidend für Energiepflanzen", report on the water needs of irrigation for bioenergy production, with quotations
• March 12, 2021, Herd und Hof Verbrauchermagazin, "Der Weg zum globalen Umweltrechtsstaat", report on the revised German sustainability strategy, with quotations
• April 25, 2021, Deutschlandfunk, Information und Musik, "Hohe Ziele, doch zu spät? Zum Internationalen Klimagipfel", 10-minute interview on new movement in international climate politics and on tipping points in the climate system
• April 25, 2020, Deutschlandfunk, "Die neue Klimadiplomatie der USA", with quotes on the climate policy of China
  
• May 5, 2021, German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, "Klimaschutz: Die Bundesregierung drückt sich um die Zahlen", Interview on the German CO2 budget and climate policy.
  
• May 5, 2021, public TV 3sat, "Greenwashing durch Holzverbrennung?", includes an interview on the insanity of co-firing woody biomass in coal plants and other plants.
• May 6, 2021, Die ZEIT online, "Klimaschutzgesetz: Kann Deutschland so die neuen Klimaziele erreichen", article on the revised German climate law with citations
• May 9, 2021, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, "Die Klimawahl. Union und SPD verschärfen die Klimaziele, um die eigentlichen Fragen drücken sie sich herum", with quotations and reference to our work on the German CO2 budget
  
• May 19. 2021, newspaper taz, "Gar nichts ist okay, Boomer", with reference to our calculations for a German CO2 budget
  
• May 20, 2021, German radio SWR3, SWR Aktuell, "Klimaziele von Paris: Ist Deutschland auf Kurs?", interview of the revised German climate law and whether it meets the obligations of the Paris climate agreement
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• January 20, 2020, dpa audio, interview on our new publication on social tipping points
• January 20, 2020, radio audio, interview on our new publication on social tipping points
  
• January 20, 2020, BILD-Zeitung, citations on our new publication on social tipping points
• April 24, 2020, German Radio Deutschlandfunk, "Informationen am Morgen", "Klimakrise vs Coronakrise - Der Klimawandel macht keine Pause“. live interview on the climate crisis in times of the corona virus crisis
• May 14, 2020, taz newspaper, "Gutachten der Öko-Weisen: Blick nach vorn im Zorn", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020 ZEIT Online, "Klimawandel: Experten fordern Pkw-Maut und höhere Parkgebühren für Anwohner", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020, Handelsblatt, "Diesen Herausforderungen müssen sich Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft stellen",  about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020, Tagesspiegel, "Mieses Klimazeugnis für die Bundesregierung: Regierungsberater empfehlen Pkw-Maut und teureres Anwohner-Parken", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020, klimareporter, "Abschlussgutachten zur Umweltpolitik: Politik am CO2-Limit", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020, clean energy wire, "Government advisors say Germany should base climate policy on CO2 budget", about the national CO2 budget
• May 14, afp news, "Umweltrat drängt Bundesregierung zu ökologisch ausgerichtetem Konjunkturprogramm", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020, SWR aktuell, "Umweltrat fordert schnelleren Klimaschutz", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 14, 2020, WWF, "Rückenwind für den Umweltschutz: WWF begrüßt Forderungen des Sachverständigenrats für Umweltfragen", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 15, 2020, Deutsche Welle, "Klimaschutz: Deutschland bis 2038 klimaneutral?", about the national CO2 budget
• May 15, 2020, euractive, "Germany must become climate-neutral by 2038, says government advisory council", about the national CO2 budget
• May 18, 2020, topAgrar, "Wege für mehr Klimaschutz: Sachverständige fordern Wärmewende und nationales CO₂-Budget", about the national CO2 budget
• May 18, 2020, Spiegel Online, "Eine unbequeme Wahrheit. Unionsfraktion kontert Umweltgutachten", about SRU's new environmental report and the national CO2 budget
• May 26, 2020, ZDF German public TV, " Klimaziele - Experten: Deutschland muss nachbessern", about the national CO2 budget
• May 26, 2020, frontal21, German TV ZDF, "CO2-Ziele höchst unzureichend - Emissionen müssen schneller sinken", TV report with interview on the national CO2 budget
• June 12 18, 2020, topAgrar, "Schulze beruft neuen Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen", about appointment to the government's Advisory Board on the Environment for 4 more years
• August 5, 2020, Tagesspiegel Background Portrait "Wolfgang Lucht", a dedicated article about my career, research and personal interests
• August 21,2020, Deutschlandfunk "Lebenszeit", "In Corona-Zeiten vernachlässigt – Was wurde aus der Klimadebatte?", 90 minute live studio with callers on the climate crisis
• September 18, 2020, taz newspaper, " Bundestag debattiert über Nachhaltigkeit: Zahnloser Tiger", report on a joint statement by environmental councils on an update of the German sustainability startegy, with citations
• September 21, 2020, Das Parlament newspaper, "Wetterbericht aus dem Statistischen Bundesamt", report on failures and successes of the German sustainability strategy, with reference to a press statement I gave
  
• September 25, 2020, Märkische Allgemeine newspaper, "Potsdam: Klima-Kundgebung mit 1000 Teilnehmern", report on Fridays for Future climate protests in Potsdam with reference to the speech I gave
  
• November 24, 2020, Protestant Church of Berlin Brandenburg campaign ""Schöpfung bewahren – JETZT", statement on safeguarding the biosphere as a challenge to humanity
  
• December 10, 2020, Deutschlandfunk "Echtzeit",  "Schlamm oder Wüste – Landschaften im Klimawandel", conversation on climate change and its consequences.
  

• March 15, 2019, Märkische Allgemeine, "„Es ist schade, dass Menschen unser Anliegen nicht verstehen“, quotation concerning "Scientists for Future" in support of climate protests "Fridays for future"
  
• March 16, 2019, German TV2 ZDF children's channel kika news logo!, statement on "Scientists for Future" in support of climate protests "Fridays for future"
• March 21, 2019, Euractive Germany, „Wir sehen bereits heute die ersten Anzeichen der drohenden Umweltkrise“, long interview on student protests for climate protection, scientist's support of these protests and climate policy
• April 8, 2019, Euractive Germany, "Deutsche Schüler präsentieren Klimaforderungen an Bundesregierung", report on the demands made by the student protest movement  for climate protection, with quotes concerning the supporting initiative Scientists4Future
• April 9, 2019, rbb television, "Talk aus Berlin" with Jörg Thadeusz,  one-on-one half-hour talk and discussion show, on student climate protests, climate change and the future;
• May 3, 2019,Bayrischer Rundfunk Nachrichten, "Alte Liebe, neue Sorgen: DAV fordert mehr Schutz für die Alpen", with statement on climate and ecosystem change in the Alps
  
• May 3, 2019, Schwäbische, "Welche Folgen der Klimawandel im Alpenraum für die Bevölkerung hat", with statement on climate and ecosystem change in the Alps
• May 3, 2019, Weatherchannel, ""Fieberthermometer": Blick in die Alpen zeigt, wie ernst es um den Planeten steht"", with statement on climate and ecosystem change in the Alps
  
• May 4,  2019 Schwäbische, "Die Alpen – das „Fieberthermometer der Erde“,  with statement on climate and ecosystem change in the Alps
  
• May 5,  2019, Tegernseestimme, "Deutscher Alpenverein feiert 150. Geburtstag.Naturschutzorganisation oder „Alpen-ADAC“?, with statement on climate and ecosystem change in the Alps
• May 5, 2019, Forschung & Lehre, "Die Alpen als "Thermometer der Erde", with statement on climate and ecosystem change in the Alps
• May 13, 2019, New Straights Time, Malaysia,  "415.26 parts per million: CO2 levels hit historic high", with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
• May 13, 2019, Ilkka,Finland, "Tutkijat mittasivat Havaijilla ennätysmäärän hiilidioksidia – "Emme ole ollenkaan oikeilla raiteilla ilmastonsuojelussa", with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
  
• May 13, 2019, yahoo news online, "415.26 parts per million: CO2 levels hit historic high", with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
  
• May 14, 2019, Der Spiegel Online, "CO2-Gehalt der Atmosphäre erreicht neuen Höchststand", with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
• May 14, 2019, Der Standard, Austria, "CO2-Konzentration erreicht Werte wie vor drei Millionen Jahren, with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
  
• May 14, 2019, The Daily Observer, USA, "415.26 parts per million: CO2 levels hit historic high", with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
• May 14, 2019, Vietnam Investment Review, "CO2 levels hit historic high", with citations on the new record-high atmospheric CO2 concentration
• June 3, 2019,RTL Nachrichten, "Merkel bei Treffen der Unionsfraktionschefs erwartet", Report on my participation as an expert at the annual conference of the CDU/CSU parliamentary groups
• June 3, 2019, t-online Nachrichten, "Merkel bei Treffen der Unionsfraktionschefs erwartet", Report on my participation as an expert at the annual conference of the CDU/CSU parliamentary groups
  
• June 3, 2019, focus online, "CDU-Fraktionschefs erarbeiten neues Klimakonzept", Report on my participation as an expert at the annual conference of the CDU/CSU parliamentary groups
• August 25, 2019, hr1 radio, "hr1 am Sonntagmorgen", Interview on the importance of "now" in combatting climate change kinokino
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• September 17, 2019, rbb Berlin-Brandenburg TV "rbb Abendschau", interview commenting on the upcoming decision on a German climate strategy
• September 23, 2019, Plus3, Supplement to Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Zivilisiert euch", short essay on the Anthropocene and the global environmental crisis
• September 26, 2019, ARD "Konkret", in-depth interview of Germany's carbon budget and the failures of the government's recently announced climate package
• November 1, 2019, rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, "Potsdamer Klimaexperte warnt vor "komplett anderer Erde", reporting on my speech given on reformation day for the protestant church of Hessen-Nassau containing a call to wake up and to take reformation to transformation
• November 1, 2019, Rhein-Zeitung, " EKHN zur Klimakrise: Umweltexperte fordert neue Reformation", reporting on my speech given on reformation day for the protestant church of Hessen-Nassau containing a call to wake up and to take reformation to transformation
  
• November 1, 2019, FAZ.net, "Predigt zum Reformationstag: Evangelische Kirche will sich „weiter politisch einmischen“", reporting on my speech given on reformation day for the protestant church of Hessen-Nassau containing a call to wake up and to take reformation to transformation
• November 1, 2019, idea newspaper, "Klimawandel im Zentrum der Reformationsfeier", reporting on my speech given on reformation day for the protestant church of Hessen-Nassau containing a call to wake up and to take reformation to transformation
• November 2, 2019, Wiesbadener Kurier, "Der Klimaforscher Wolfgang Lucht ruft bei der Reformationsfeier in Wiesbaden zu noch rascherem Handeln auf", reporting on my speech given on reformation day for the protestant church of Hessen-Nassau containing a call to wake up and to take reformation to transformation
• November 2, 2019, Wiesbadener Tagblatt, "Der Klimaforscher Wolfgang Lucht ruft bei der Reformationsfeier in Wiesbaden zu noch rascherem Handeln auf", reporting on my speech given on reformation day for the protestant church of Hessen-Nassau containing a call to wake up and to take reformation to transformation
• November 3, 2019, Berliner Morgenpost, "Klimawandel bedroht Menschheit: Klima-Notfall ausgerufen", containing reference to a speech I gave on the dangers of climate change
  
• November 27, 2019, Märkische Allgemeine newspaper, "Klimaforscher im Gespräch Eine Heißzeit für die Kornkammern Mittelmarks steht bevor", report on a public lecture and discussion I gave on climate change, climate policies and environmental protection at Kloster Lehnin
  

2018

• January 9, 2018, "Why ‘sustainable forest management’ does not make wood a good climate alternative to fossil fuels", opinion piece by Tim Searchinger and Wolfgang Lucht, on EUractiv.com regarding the upcoming new EU directive on renewable energies
• January 24, 2018, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, "Nicht alles auf die grüne Karte setzen", article on our research on the incomptability of extensive biomass-based CO2 extractions from the atmosphere with maintaining planetary boundaries
• March 10, 2018, Deutlandfunk Kultur, "Echtzeit - Ton, Staub und Schlamm - Klimawandel", Interview on the conseaquences of devastating climate change
  
• March 10, 2018, arte TV, film "Saubere Kohle? Die Energie-Falle", interview segments in a 55 min-long film on the illusion of "clean coal"
• March 29, 2018, Schweizer Radio Fernsehen, SRF re-broadcast of arte TV, film "Saubere Kohle? Die Energie-Falle", interview segments in a 55 min-long film on the illusion of "clean coal"
• April 30, 2018, Bavarian public radio BR2, "radioWelt", interview on the upcoming preparatory climate conference in Bonn on where we stand in climate policy
• August 2, 2018, Die Welt newspaper, "Pflanzen erobern durch Klimawandel Berggipfel", comments on a study revealing climate change impacts on plant composition on European mountain tops
• August 2, 2018, Saarbrücker Zeitung, "Was der Klimawandel mit unserer Erde macht", comments on a study revealing climate change impacts on plant composition on European mountain tops
• August 2, 2018, ZDF.de heute, "Beim Wandern den Klimawandel erleben", comments on a study revealing climate change impacts on plant composition on European mountain tops
• August 2, ZEIT online, "Pflanzen erobern durch Klimawandel Berggipfel", comments on a study revealing climate change impacts on plant composition on European mountain tops
• August 2, Süddeutsche Zeitung online, "Pflanzen erobern durch Klimawandel Berggipfel", comments on a study revealing climate change impacts on plant composition on European mountain tops
• August 2, Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, "Pflanzen erobern durch Klimawandel Berggipfel", comments on a study revealing climate change impacts on plant composition on European mountain tops
• August 13, Die WELT, "Grüne Gipfelstürmer", comments on ecological stabiliy and climate change in connection with plant species change on mountains
• September 25, 2018, Die WELT, "Auf dem Holzweg", article on our publication in Nature Communications on problems with biomass regulation in the EUs new directive on renewable energies
• November 29, 2018, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Zeitfragen, Das Feature: Das Dilemma der Klimaforscher. Wie politisch darf Wissenschaft sein?", half hour-long feature with several interview passages on climate science and political responsibility
• December 3, 2018, rbb Kulturradio, Kulturradio am Vormittag, "Klimakonferenz in Katowice - was nützt sie?", Interview on the agenda of the international climate conference beginning in Katowice
• December 3, 2018, rbb radioens, "UN-Klimakonferenz in Katowice", Interview on the agenda of the international climate conference beginning in Katowice
• December 6, 2018, WDR 3 radio, Kultur am Mittag, interview on public perceptions and the supposed politisation of climate science
• December 6,2018, taz newspaper, "Allheilmittel für Böden und Klima? Pflanzenkohle als Retter", report on our research on biomass pyrolysis as a potential measure of sequester carbon in soils
  
• December 13, 2018, rbb Kulturradio, "Radiophilosophen", hour-long talk radio on climate change and climate action, recording of a public talk event
  

• January 3, 2017, Alaska Public Radio Network, talk show "Talk of Alaska" with Steven Heimel, hour-long call-in radio talk show on climate change, Arctic change and challenges
• January 25, 2017, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, "Potsdamer Klimaforscher fordern raschen Kohleausstieg", report on the Symposium of the Earth League in Potsdam with reference to statements made
• January 25, 2017, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, "Kein Grund zur Entwarnng", full-page interview covering climate change, national environmental policy and possible responses
• March 28, 2017, Der Tagesspiegel, "Für die Wissenschaft marschieren.Beim March for Science wird Forschung gegen Populismus und Fälschungen verteidigt – auch in Berlin", several quotations on an upcoming pro-science demonstration in Berlin to counter false statements i.a. on climate change
• March 28, 2017, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, "Für die Wissenschaft marschieren.Beim March for Science wird Forschung gegen Populismus und Fälschungen verteidigt – auch in Berlin", several quotations on an upcoming pro-science demonstration in Berlin to counter false statements i.a. on climate change 
• March 28, 2017, German radio channel Radio eins, live interview on the negative effects on climate of the policies of the new US administration
• March 29, 2017, Deutschlandradio Kultur, live interview on the negative effects on climate of the policies of the new US administration
• April 12, 2017, youtube channel "adelphi, Berlin", "Wolfgang Lucht on the Planetary Boundaries Conference", a video statement on the international conference "Making Planetary Boundaries work"
  
• April 19, 2017, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten,"Die Erde ist noch viel komplizierter", interview on climate change and a large research tower in Brazil
• April 21, 2017, ARD Mittagsmagazin, Interview about the March for Science, the role of science in society and the upcoming planetary boundaries conference
  
• April 23, 2017, rbb Inforadio, WissensWerte, "Von der Freiheit eines Forschermenschen", 15-minute interview about the freedom of science and the role of science in society
• April 24, 2017, Deutschlandfunk, "Umwelt und Verbraucher", "Wie viel Belastung kann die Erde aushalten?", interview on the concept of planetary boundaries
• April 26, 2017, Hessischer Rundfunk Fernsehen, "alles wissen", "Am Limit: Belastungsgrenzen der Erde überschritten", a 6:30 long film with a sequence of interview passages on planetary boundaries
  
• May 18, 2017, Reuters news agency report, "Reversing climate change with carbon-sucking plantations not realistic, scientists warn", about the limits of terrestrial carbon extraction through biomass plantations
• May 18, 2017, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News, "Reversing climate change with carbon-sucking plantations not realistic, scientists warn", about the limits of terrestrial carbon extraction through biomass plantations
  
• May 18, 2017, Polish TV Discovery Channel / World Wildlife Fund feature-length cocumentary film "Punkt Krytyczny. Energia odNowa" on climate change and renewable energy, with several key interview passages
  
• May 20, 2017, Outlook India, "Planting trees no substitute to cutting CO2 emissions: study", about the limits of terrestrial carbon extraction through biomass plantations
• May 31, 2017, Radio NDR Info, " "Der Rest der Welt muss ohne die USA handeln" , interview on the stance of the US on climate policies and a potential US exit from the Pars climate agreement
• May 31, 2017, Radio HR2 "Der Tag", live interview on the stance of the US on climate policies and a potential US exit from the Pars climate agreement
• May 31, 2017, Radio Deutschlandfunk "Das war der Tag", ""Wissenschaftsleugnende Machtpolitik mit sehr kurzfristigen Ergebnissen", interview on the stance of the US on climate policies and a potential US exit from the Pars climate agreement
• June 1, 2017, Radio SWR Aktuell, interview on the stance of the US on climate policies and a potential US exit from the Pars climate agreement
• June 1, 2017. DLF24, "USA kündigen Weltklima-Abkommen,Trump will neu verhandeln", news article with quotations on the US leaving the Paris climate agreement
  
• June 2, 2017, Radio BBC Worldservice "Newsday" programme, interview on the consequences of the US exit from the Paris climate agreement
• June 2, 2017, Radio NDR1 Niedersachen morning news, interview on the consequences of the US exit from the Paris climate agreement
• June 2, 2017 Radio NDR 90,3 Hamburg, interview on the consequences of the US exit from the Paris climate agreement
• June 21, 2017, Bulgarian National Radio, interview on the US exit from the Paris climate agreement
• July 19, 2017, Polish TV Discovery Channel and youtube film "The Tipping Point, Renewable Energy" of the Polish National Energy Conservation Agency with WWF Poland Foundation, with several interview sections
  
• October 1, 2017, Deutsche Welle Radio, "Deutschland und der Kohleausstieg", report with quotation on the new report of the Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) on phasing-out of coal
• December 14, 2017, "EU must not burn the world's forests for 'renewable' energy", opinion piece by a number authors including myself on the upcoming new directive on renewable energies of the EU
  

• January 9, 2016, tagesschau24 channel of German TV channel ARD, "Das Gespräch", 28-minute TV interview with Ulrich Timm on climate change and looking back on COP21
• January 20, 2016, ZEIT online, "2015 mit Abstand heißestes Jahr seit Aufzeichnungsbeginn", with quotations on the implications
• January 20, 2016, German TV2 channel heute.de, "Offiziell: So heiß wie 2015 war es noch nie", with quotations on the implications
• January 20, 2016, DW Deutsche Welle, "2015 knackt Temperaturrekord", with quotations on the implications
• January 20, 2016, Handelsblatt, "Warm, wärmer, 2015", with quotations on the implications
• January 20, 2016, Kurier (Austria), "2015 war das heißeste Jahr", with quotations on the implications
• January 20, 2016, Wolfsburger Allgemeine, "2015 knackt Klimarekord", with quotations on the implications
• January 20, 2016, Oberhessische Presse, "2015 knackt Klimarekord", with quotations on the implications
  
• January 21, 2016, Süddeutsche Zeitung, "2015 bricht Wärmerekord", with quotations on the implications
• January 21, 2016, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, "PIK: Hitze durch Klimawandel", with quotations on the implications
• January 21, 2016, Passauer Neue Presse, "US-Behörde: 2015 knackt alle Klimarekorde", with quotations on the implications
• January 31, 2016, "Vertagen und Wegsehen gehen zu Ende: Zum Vertrag von Paris und der Rolle der Kirchen", contribution to: "Nachrichten der Evangelischen Landeskirche Bayern", 1/16, on climate change and the role of the churches
• May 26,2016, "Erster G7-Gipfel seit Elmau. Merkel in Japan unterwegs für den Klimaschutz", interview citations in a report about the G7 summit in Japan as related to climate policies
• August 10, 2016, N24 Online, "Der Klimawandel ist nicht das größte Problem", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 10, 2016, Hamburger Abendblatt, "'Alte Feinde' bedrohen Artenvielfalt stärker als Klimawandel", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 10, 2016, Frankfurter Rundschau Online, "'Alte Feinde' bedrohen Artenvielfalt stärker als Klimawandel", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 10, 2016, Handelsblatt, "'Alte Feinde' bedrohen Artenvielfalt stärker als Klimawandel", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 10, 2016, Märkische Allgemeine, "'Alte Feinde' bedrohen Artenvielfalt stärker als Klimawandel", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 10, 2016, Austrian radio ORF online, "'Alte Feinde' schlimmer als Klimawandel", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 11, 2016, Spiegel Online, " Klimawandel: Was die Artenvielfalt wirklich bedroht", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• August 12, 2016, Weserkurier, "Was Arten bedroht", quotations on the relationship of land use change and climate change on species diversity
• October 5, 2016, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, quotations in a report on the ratification of the Paris climate agreement
  
• October 8,2016, Inforadio Radio Berlin-Brandenburg rbb, "Treffpunkt Wissenswerte: Am Anfang war das Nichts!?", 40 minutes long discussion of matters of science and religion, knowledge and faith with 2 co-discussants, moderated by Thomas Prinzler
• November 2, 2016, Nordwestradio Radio Bremen, live interview on the status of German climate protection policies and the upcoming climate negotiations at Marrakesh
• November 2, 2016, German press agency dpa, "Deutschlands Klimaziel 2020 - Ist das noch zu schaffen?", report with a statement on the German decarbonisation process
• November 3, 2016, German Radio Deutschlandfunk, live interview on the status of German climate protection policies and the upcoming climate negotiations at Marrakesh
• November 3, 2016, 3Sat nano online news, " Konferenz ohne Plan: Die Kabinettsentscheidung über den Klimaschutzplan wurde verschoben", article with statement on the German decarbonisation process
• November 15, 2016, Rhein-Neckar--Zeitung, "Die Erde ist noch komplizierter, als vielen bewusst ist", interview on climate change and a large research tower in Brazil
• November 16, 2016, Berliner Zeitung, "Die Erde ist komplizierter, als vielen bewusst ist", interview on climate change and a large research tower in Brazil
• November 17, 2016, Schwäbische Zeitung, "Die Erde ist komplizierter, als viele denken", interview on climate change and a large research tower in Brazil
• November 21, 2016, Radio Eins (rbb), "Nach UN-Klimagipfel: Klimaforscher fordert Kohle-Ausstieg bis 2030", interview on the outcome of the climate negotiations in Marrakesh and coal in the state of Brandenburg
• December 23, 2016, Frankfurter Rundschau, "Klimawandel: Kein Festessen für Rudolph", article with several citations on climate change in the Arctic North and its effects on reindeer populations
• December 28, 2016, RTL TV channel, "RTL Aktuell" newscast, filmed interview quotations concerning environmental issues of 2016
  

• January 16, 2015, Frankfurter Allgemeine online, "Katastrophenwerte und Algenpest", on planetary boundaries research
• January 21, 2015, taz "die tageszeitung" Berlin newspaper, "Wahre Grenzen des Wachstums", on planetary boundaries research
• January 25, 2015, Inforadio Berlin, 15-minute interview on planetary boundaries and the state of the planet
• February 16, 2015, Radio BR2 in Bavaria, "Radiowelt" morning rushhour news, 5-minute interview marking 10 years of the Kyoto protocol 
• Februar 18, 2015, Märkische Allgemeine newspaper Potsdam, "Warnruf aus Potsdam. Beim Klima hat die Menschheit längst kritische Grenzen überschritten", long article with many quotations on planetary boundaries research
• August 9, 2015, Tagesspiegel Berlin, "Wälder trotzen der Wärme", with my comment on a study on forest floor resilience to historical climate change
• August 10, 2015, STERN Online, "Europas Wälder trotzen der Erderwärmung - noch", with my comments on a study on forest resilience to historical climate change
• August 10, 2015, Hannover'sche Allgemeine, "Wälder trotzen dem Klimawandel", with my comments on a study on forest resilience to historical climate change
• August 11, 2015, FOCUS Online, "Wälder trotzen dem Klimawandel", with my comments on a study on forest  resilience to historical climate change
• August 11, 2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Wälder trotzen dem Klimawandel", with my comments on a study on forest  resilience to historical climate change
• October 14, 2015, Tagesspiegel Berlin, special on "Humboldt University 2015", "In der Hitze der Stadt, Folgen des Klimawandels", several long citations on climate change 
• November 19, 2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Temperaturrekord: Das wärmste Jahr, citation on 2015 the warmest year on record
• November 22, 2015, Inforadio Berlin-Brandenburg, 45-minute radio discussion with GFZ director Hüttl, AWI director Lochte and IASS director Lawrence about the Paris climate negotiations
• November 26, Russian news agency Ria novosti, 12-minute interview on the upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris
• November 27, 2015, Northern German radio NDR Info, Mittagsecho, interview on the upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris
• November 27, 2015, Hessian radio HR2, interview on the upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris
• November 29, 2015, Deutschlandradio Kultur, radio broadcast on climate change and religion
• November 30, 2015, Southern German radio SDR4, interview on the climate change negotiations in Paris
• November 30, 2015, Eastern German radio Antenne Brandenburg, interview on the climate change negotiations in Paris
• December 4, 2015, Satirical magazine Titanic, "Klimaforscher skeptisch", a satirical take on the climate change negotiations in Paris with made-up quotes
• December 5, 2015, German TV channel online heute.de, "Ernüchterung statt Euphorie: Halbzeitbilanz der Weltklimakonferenz", short citation commenting on the climate change negotiations in Paris
• December 7, 2015, German TV channel ZDF online, planet.e, "Ernüchterung statt Euphorie: Halbzeitbilanz der Weltklimakonferenz",  longer citation commenting on the climate change negotiations in Paris
• December 13, 2015, Western German Radio WDR 1LIVE, interview on the outcome of the climate change negotiations in Paris
• December 15, 2015, Russian news agency Ria novosti, interview on the outcome of the climate change negotiations in Paris
• 2015 (without date), Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, "Leben in Neuer Zeit? Die Idee vom Anthropozän", several longer interview passages in a film about the Anthropocene
  

• March 6, 2014, Radio Bayern 2 Radiowissen, "Das Anthropozän - Zeitalter des Menschen", instructive broadcast with recorded segments on the Anthropocene and evolution
• March 30, 2014, "Von der Klimaforschung", 15 minute interview on climate and global change by Thomas Prinzler,  rbb inforadio "Wissenswerte: Forschung im Gespräch"
• September 5, 2014, Interview in tip & Zitty Berlin magazine Special Issue Berlin Art/Kunst on climate change and art
• September 9, 2014, Deutschlandfunk "Verbraucher und Umwelt", Live interview about new records in atmospheric CO2 concentration
• September 9, 2014, NDR Inforadio 4-minute interview about new records in atmospheric CO2 concentration
• September 23, 2014, WDR 5 Radio, interview on the UN climate summit
• October 15, 2014, Zitty Berlin magazine, "System Risiko", Interview on sustainability and artists, and the Anthropocene  Project in Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin
• November 4, 2014, Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin), long quote in article "Verfehlt Deutschland sein Klimaziel? Umweltministerin Hendricks fordert Vizekanzler Gabriel heraus" on the relevance of long-term climate goals and the dangers of failing them
• November 14, 2014, interview segments in Bayern 2 radio "IQ Wissenschaft und Forschung" on new climate mitigation statements from the US and China
• November 15, 2014, video interview with "Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung" on the Anthropocene and Planetary Boundaries
• November 17, 2014, filming of an interview sequence for a film on the Anthropocene, to appear
  
• November 23, 2014, Long page 3 interview in Aachener Zeitung, "Umdie Welt, wie wir sie kennen, zu erhalten", on climate change negotiations 

• January 1, 2013, Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin), "Und der Mensch machte sich die Erde untertan" - a summary of my position on the Anthropocene and the future presented at an Anthropocene conference in Haus der Kulturen der Welt - and an example of how a journalist can turn what I really said into the opposite. The position attributed to me in this article is not at all my position, on the contrary. I wrote a reply in the comments section of the online version.
• May 8, 2013 Interview with radio station Saarländischer Rundfunk SR1 by Joachim Meyer, "SR1 Zukunft: Weltklima 2053", on climate change in general
  
• May 13, 2013, UnAufGefordert, student newspaper at Humboldt University Berlin, "Mission Grün, Wie die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin versucht, ihren Fußabdruck zu optimieren", title story.
• June 16, 2013, Publik-Forum, "Klimawandel: Katastrophe und Chance?", an article with quotes on climate change in general
• June 17, 2013, Deutsche Welle, "Wappnen gegen Klimakatastrophen", an article on the consequences of climate change
• October 4, 2013, Deutschlandfunk radio, "Forschung Aktuell", " Böden, die das Klima schützen?", citations related to a biochar conference in Potsdam
  
• November 12, 2013,  Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, "Klimaforscher im Interview: Wir werden in einer anderen Welt leben“, interview on the COP 19 climate change negotiations in Warsaw
• November 19, 2013, Bayrischer Rundfunk BR2 radio, "RadioWelt Magazin am Morgen", live morning interview on the climate change negotiations in Warsaw
• November 22, 2013, Radio Bremen Nordwestradio, "Nordwestradio Journal", "Weltklimakonferenz im Chaos?", live interview on the climate change negotiations in Warsaw
• November 22, 2013, German press agency dpa Kindernachrichten (news for kids), news service interview on climate change
• November 23, 2013, WDR5 radio "Mittagsecho", live interview on the climate change negotiations in Warsaw

• January 7, 2012, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, "Das Ende der Zeit", quotes in an article on the Maya calender
• January 10. 2012, Wiener Zeitung, "Leben mit dem Klimawandel", an article on future global changes in the biosphere
• February 21, 2012, Augsburger Allgemeine, "Wie eine Decke um die Erde. Forscher warnt in Montessorischule vor weiteren Folgen", an article on two lectures on climate change given to ca. 60 pupils of grades 7-10 at the Montessori School Inning near Munich and Augsburg
• April 7, 2012, Tagesspiegel Berlin, "Der Erde gerecht werden", a self-authored article on sustainability and sustainability science
• June 8, 2012, Two interview statements on "Tagesschau" (12:00), the major German news broadcast, on rising CO2 in the atmosphere
• June 23,2012, Nürnberger Nachrichten, "Bereits jetzt verbrauchen wir mehr als nur einen Planeten", interview on sustainability, a new Club of Rome report and the Rio-20 UN conference
• December tbd: Bayrischer Rundfunk, Interview on Anthropocene
• Late November tbd, ORF Austrian National Radio, radio interview on the next round of international climate change negotiations in Doha
• November 26, 2012, live interview of NDR Info Northern German Radio on the next round of international climate change negotiations in Doha
• December 7, 2012, Augsburger Allgemeine, "Schlimmer als ein Atomunfall. Der Klimaforscher Wolfgang Lucht warnt vor den Folgen des Klimawandels", Interview on the occasion of the latest round of international climate change negotiations in Doha.
• December 16, 2012, Bavarian Radio BR2 "Zündfunk Generator", "Endstation Klimawandel? Zögern, Zaudern, Hitzeschock", with interview segments 

• January 11, 2011, Märkische Allgemeine (Potsdam), "PIK ermittelt, wie der Ackerbau für die Energiegewinnung wachsen müsste", article on our new bioenergy potential assessment
• January 11, 2011, Welt online, "Biomasse könnte Erwartungen enttäuschen", article on our new bioenergy potential assessment
• January 11, 2011, Handelsblatt, "Regenerative Energien: Forscher dämpfen Erwartung an Biomasse", article on our new bioenergy potential assessment
• January 11, 2011, dpa (German press agency) report on our new bioenergy potential assessment picked up by about 75 regional newspapers throughout Germany
  
• January 11, 2011, Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Erneuerbare Energie: Pack den Einzeller in den Tank", article also on our new bioenergy potential assessment
• January 12, 2011, Märkische Allgemeine, "PIK ermittelt, wie der Ackerbau für die Energiegewinnung wachsen müsste", article also on our new bioenergy potential assessment
• January 18, 2011, Barikad, Hungarian news site, "Túlértékeljük a biomasszát?" on our bioenergy potential assessment
• January 24, 2011, Tekniikka & Talous (Technology & Economy, "Tätä ei halua kuullaa", editorial article on a talk I gave on climate change and sustainability in Helsinki
• March 31, 2011, Märkische Allgemeine (Potsdam), "Zukunftsland punktet bei Exzellenzinitiative: Graduiertenschule zur Landnutzung der Zukunft", article on our admittance to the final selection round of the German Exzelleninitiative with a proposal led by the Humboldt University Berlin with strong contributions from PIK.
• May 11, 2011, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, "Sensible Gebiete - Potsdamer Klimaforscher warnen vor zu hohen Erwartungen an das Potenzial von Energie aus Biomasse", article on our research on global bioenergy potential and some consequences
• June 17, 2011, "Arctic melts faster than IPCC's forecasts", Online Report by Deutsche Welle with a citation concerning arctic tipping points
• October 25, 2011, TV interview with Deutsche Welle TV concerning the topic of climate change impacts on human health
• November 6, 2011, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, "Welche Länder werden vertrocknen?", report on global climate change impacts on the biosphere
• November 11, 2011, longer interview on Deutschlandfunk with Peter Kapern, "Atmosphäre wird von uns genutzt wie eine Mülldeponie, Klimaforscher kritisiert Umgang mit CO2-Emission"
• November 16, 2011, "Klima oder Katastrophe", contribution to a supplement on energy of Süddeutschen Zeitung leading up to the next round of climate negotiations
• November 17, 2011, a longer article in Hamburger Ambendblatt "Der Abschied von den Klimazielen", the state of climate and climate impacts leading up to the next round of climate negotiations, with several quotations 
• November 232, 2011. "Umweltexperten mahnen Fortschritte an", report in "Handelsblatt" about a joint press conference with the heads of UBA, WBGU und SRU, with quotes, ahead of the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• November 24, 2011, "2020 schließt sich das Zeitfenster", an interview in "Südwest Presse" ahead of the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• November 24, 2011, "Klimagipfel schon vor Beginn gescheitert?", article with quotations in "Hamburger Abendblatt" on the impacts of climate change ahead of the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• November 26, 2011, two quotes in a report on Deutschlandfunk Radio's "Hintergrund" analysis programme, "Klimagipfel in Südafrika: Viele Antworten, aber die entscheidende Frage bleibt offen", on the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• November 28, 2011, Statement in the News of "Antenne Brandenburg" radio station on the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• November 28, 2011, Interview Segment for "Forschung Aktuell" on Deutschlandfunk radio on the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• November 28, 2011, guest in a 90-Minute Discussion programme "Redaktionskonferenz" on DRadio of Deutschlandfunk on the next round in climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• December 5, 2011, "Zu wenig grün ist schlecht, zu viel auch, Der Klimawandel könnte das Gesicht der Erde verändern", Kölner Stadtanzeiger Magazin, an article on future global changes in the biosphere
• December 6, 2011, "Eine andere Welt", Frankfurter Rundschau, a long article on future global changes in the biosphere
• December 6, 2011, "Eine andere Welt, Potsdamer Forscher simulieren die Folgen des Klimawandels für die Ökosysteme der Erde", Berliner Zeitung, a long article on future global changes in the biosphere
• December 12, 2011, original quotation during an interview with Stefan Rahmstorf, Deutschlandfunk on the climate change negtotiations in Durban, South Africa
• December 15, 2011, "Im Kern ist das Leben dennoch ein Wunder", Interview/portrait in "zitty", the events magazine of Tagesspiegel, Berlin, concerning science and faith
• December 17, 2011, "2012 kommt das Ende der Zeit Die Wahrheit über die Maya-Prophezeiung", quotes in an article in Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, on the Maya calender
• December 19, 2011, "Der Maya-Kalender endet im Jahr 2012", quotes in an article in Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg, on the Maya calender
• December 20, 2011, "Prophezeien die Maya wirklich den Weltuntergang am 21. Dezember 2012? Das Ende der Zeitrechnung",  quotes in an article in Wiener Zeitung, Vienna, on the Maya calender
• December 27, 2011, "Nach dem Klimagipfel. Wälder ohne Wasser", article in Der Tasgesspiegel, Berlin, on our research on global biosphere change

• July 6, 2010, a quote regarding a study published in Science on the terrestrial CO2 balance in Süddeutsche Zeitung
• August 31, 2010, long quotes in Spiegel Wissen 3/2010 "Alles im Kopf: Was wir heute wissen müssen", article "Aus dem Elfenbeinturm: Wer bei Themen wie dem Klimawandel mitreden will, braucht naturwissen-schaftliche Grundkenntnisse. Forscher erklären, was man wissen sollte."
• October 11, 2010, TV channel Bayern alpha, alpha-Campus Studium generale: "Earth System Engineering": video of a lecture I gave in Munich on "Nachhaltigkeit im Globalen Wandel"
• October 16, 2010, TV channel Bayern alpha, alpha-Campus Studium generale: "Earth System Engineering": video of a lecture I gave in Munich on "Nachhaltigkeit im Globalen Wandel" (repetition)
• November 24, 2010, press conference with the President of the Leibniz Association, Karl Ulrich Mayer, on results of the Bioenergy Planet project, Düsseldorf/Neuss, during the Annual Meeting of the Association
• December 17, 2010, PIK press release on the PIK Research Days 2010 with some quotes about future research directions
  

• January 2, 2009, a report on the German adaptation strategy under climate change, in Brandenburg's Maerkische Allgemeine 
• February 24, 2009, report on tropical deforestation, carbon balance and sustainability in Deutsche Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ)
• February, 2009, article by the Goethe Institute on tipping elements in the Earth system
  
• April 19, 2009, report in Humboldt Zeitung on the upcoming inaugural lecture of Wolfgang Lucht as Chair of Sustainability Science
• May 14, 2009, article in Humboldt Zeitung on avoiding a civilisation crisis, inaugural lecture of sustainability science professorship
• May 25, 2009, report in Klima Magazin on upcoming nobel laureates conference in London with PIK contributions
  
• May 27, 2009, report on sustainability science and the new professorship in Berliner Zeitung
• June 7, 2009, report on the new professorship in sustainability science, "scientist of the week", Science City Adlershof
  
• July 23, 2009, citations in an article on art and science in Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel
• July, 2009, contribution to Klima Magazin on deforestation worldwide (No. 04/09, p. 33)
• July, 2009, a very long article/interview/feature ranging from climate change to sustainability in the widely read Finnish monthly Voima
  
• August 12, 2009, interview in Lübecker Nachrichten concerning climate change and the sustainability challenge (page 3, short version)
• August 12, 2009, interview in Ostsee-Zeitung Rostock concerning climate change and the sustainability challenge (page 3, long version)
• September 15, 2009, interview in Pressetext Austria on proposals to reforest the Sahara desert
• September 15, 2009, citation in Der Standard, Vienna, on proposals to reforest the Sahara desert
• September 23, 2009, quotations in Aachener Zeitung regarding measures advised to the to-be-elected new German government
• September 23, 2009, quotations in Nordsee-Zeitung regarding measures advised to the to-be-elected new German government
• October 9, 2009, short piece in Hamburger Abendblatt concerning increased agricultural yields due to better water management
• November 12, 2009, statements cited in Spiegel Online concerning the fraction of emitted carbon dioxide that remains airborne
• December 5, 2009, double-page twin interview in Berliner Zeitung on climate change and politics ahead of the Copenhagen summit
• December 6, 2009, radio feature on Deutschlandfunk, Forschung Aktuell, with several interview quotations on tipping points
• December 15, 2009, article in Märkische Allgemeine on a science briefing conducted for the heads of state of Pacific island nations
• December 18, 2009, article in Frankfurter Neue Presse on the climate negotiations in Copenhagen
• December 18, 2009, article in Nürnberger Nachrichten on the climate negotiations in Copenhagen
  

• February 4, 2008, very long filmed (47 minutes) sit-down interview with John Gibbons for an Irish climate change web site, on climate change and sustainability
• February 5, 2008, long interview on Irish radio RTE1 on the Today show with Pat Kenny concerning climate change and tipping points (very large file, mp3, 27 MB!)
• February 6, 2008, report on tipping points, Pressetext Austria
• February 8, 2008, Stuttgarter Zeitung, on tipping points in the climate system.
• June 3, 2008, German radio Deutschlandfunk, interview on the international food price crisis (mp3)
• September 18, 2008, regarding carbon cycle experiments in indoor facilities, in ZEIT online.
• September 26, 2008, Interview on WDR5 radio programme Leonardo on atmospheric CO2 increase in 2007 (mp3)
• September 26, 2008, Interview on NDR Inforadio radio programme on CO2 increase and IPCC projections.
• September 26, 2008, report in Frankfurter Rundschau on CO2 increase in 2007.
• October 1, 2008, long article in Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten on a conference bringing together artists and climate scientists 
• October 21, 2008, live radio interview on Berlin-Brandenburg RadioEins ("Der schöne Morgen" show) concerning climate change and the financial crisis (mp3)
• October 21, 2008, live interview with NordwestRadio Bremen concerning climate change and the financial crisis
• October 21, 2008, live interview with Radio Bayern 2 ("radiowelt am Morgen") concerning climate change and the financial crisis
• October 21, 2008, interview with NDR Kulturradio concerning climate change and sustainability
• October 21, 2008, interview with InfoRadio Berlin-Brandenburg, concerning climate change (mp3)
  
• October 22, 2008,  short contribution to a report in Deutschlandfunk,  Umwelt und Verbraucher, concerning climate change
• October 22, 2008, long interview in the Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. "Allzu viel zeit bleibt nicht mehr", concerning climate change and sustainability
• October 22, 2008, article in the Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten concerning the 3rd Potsdam Climate Conference
• October 22, 2008, articile in the Berliner Umschau concerning the 3rd Potsdam Climate Conference
• October 22, 2008, articile in the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung concerning the 3rd Potsdam Climate Conference
• October 22, 2008, short citations in a report of Spiegel Online on CO2 emissions from China
• Novermber 14, 2008, Science magazine scinexx with a citation on species loss
  

• January 30, 2007, Long interview with Mexican Press Agency Notimex on IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report and Cimate Change, picked up by several newspapers, for example Prensa Mexicana
  
• February 1, 2007, Hamburger Abendblatt on the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report and Climate Change
• April 6, 2007, Deutsche Welle English Service, Telephone interview of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report and Ecosystem Change
  
• April 7, 2007, Berliner Zeitung, page 2 "Tagesthema", on the IPCC's Fourth Assesment Report Working Group 2
• April 7, 2007, Westdeutsche Zeitung, on the IPCC's Fourth Assesment Report Working Group 2
• July 3, 2007, Die Welt, on a paper we co-authored in PNAS on the Global Human Appropriation of Plant Productivity
• October 9, 2007, RBB Kulturradio, Interview on the Nobel Laureates Symposium "Global Sustainability: A Nobel Cause" held in Potsdam.
• October 23, 2007, Westgerman Radio WDR-5, Science programme Leonardo, Interview on Rising Atmospheric CO2.
  

• March 2006, Der Norden ergrünt im Computer, in: "Die Erde im Treibhaus", Spektrum der Wissenschaft Dossier 3/2006
• August 21, 2006, FOCUS Title Story "Noch heißere Sommer ...", p. 60-74 (title story in a leading German news magazine, with an illustration of biosphere change computed by LPJ, and references in the text)
• September 2, 2006, Deutschlandfunk, "Lange Nacht des Klimas: Der große Luftozean" (3-hour feature on climate and biosphere change, with extensive interview on biosphere change)

• April 21, 2005, press release of the German Climate Research Programme on carbon cycle research in CVECA 
• April 20, 2005, Hamburger Abendblatt, on carbon emissions from soils
  
• April 24, 2005: Der Spiegel, on carbon emissions from soils
• May 11, 2005: Deutschlandfunk, on Climate change research in Germany
• June 9, 2005: Nature (News Feature on Siberia "That sinking feeling", 435, 732-733, 2005
  
• July 14, 2005: Münchner Merkur (and a number of other newspapers) on CO₂ and the Siberian taiga
  
• July 15, 2005: Berliner Zeitung, on the Siberian carbon balance
  
• July 18, 2005: Ostthüringer Zeitung, on the Siberia-II project
• October 11, 2005: Hamburger Abendblatt, on Brazilian rainforest drought
• October, 2005: Tagesanzeiger, Switzerland, on Brazilian rainforest drought
• November 16, 2005: PIK press release on my appointment to a research professorship
• November 25, 2005: Short notice on winning an interdisciplinarity price and the appointment.
• December 10, 2005: radio interview on northern latitude soil carbon balances, SWR-2 "Campus".
  

• March 16, 2004: Public TV station 3sat, nano Programme, on boreal greening.

• January 7, 2003: Süddeutsche Zeitung on boreal greening
• February, 2003, Spektrum der Wissenschaft on northern latitude greening
  
• December 17, 2003: Süddeutsche Zeitung, on soil carbon emissions

• May 30, 2002, Science, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• Press release PIK on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• Press release Max-Planck Society on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• Press release Boston University on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• Press release NASA on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• Press release Lund University on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• Press release German Climate Research Programme on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• May 30-June 17, 2002, versions of German Press Agendy dpa news story, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper, printed in most German newspapers
• May 31, 2002, Spiegel Online, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• May 31, 2002, Bild der Wissenschaft Online, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• May 31, 2002 and June 3, 2002: Deutschlandradio, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• May 31, 2002, Austrian Radio ORF, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 1, 2002, Bavarian Radio BR, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 1, 2002: Der Standard, Vienna, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 2, 2002, Berliner Morgenpost, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 4, 2002, Süddeutsche Zeitung, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 4, 2002: Berliner Zeitung, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 12, 2002: Newsweek International, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• June 12, 2002, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper
• July 26, 2002, Der Tagesspiegel, on boreal greening/Pinatubo Science paper

• January 10, 2001, Short report in Earth Observation, Spiegel TV, VOX Channel.

• Review of the Earth System Analysis (MIT press, 2004) book, including of my chapter, by Tyler Volk, in BioSciences, 55, 1088-1090, 2005.
• Discussion of my Science paper (Science, 2002) and related disputes by Vivek Arora, in IGBP Global Change newsletter, 54, 21-22, 2003.
• Portrait of my doctoral student Birgit Schröder and our work, "Klima auf Knopfdruck", National Geographic (Germany), p. 11, Nov. 2001.
  

• A long interview is found in "Forum der Geoökologie" under the title "Von der Physik zur Geoökologie" ("From physics to geoecology"), the interviewer is Niklas Hartmann, Forum Geoökologie 17, 47-50, 2006.
• Lucht, W., Der Norden ergrünt im Computer, in: "Die Erde im Treibhaus", Spektrum der Wissenschaft Dossier 3/2006, 68-70, 2006. 
• Lucht, W., Der Norden ergrünt im Computer, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 2/03, 8-10, 2003.