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Chair Research Domain II
Climate Impacts & Vulnerability

Alexander von Humboldt Chair
in Sustainability Science

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Instances, where my research was explicitly reviewed or discussed in a scientific context are:

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.

And in popular science journals:

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.

The following is an incomplete list of instances when our research or myself were cited in the press.

2009

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

2008

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

2007

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.

2006

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)

2005

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".

2004

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

2003

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

2002

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

2001

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

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