"Climate tipping points are points of no return, where you cannot stop a process that has been set in motion", explains PIK-scientist Stefan Rahmstorf. How a ...

07/15/2015 - When a rhythm stalls, the effect can be fatal – in a power grid it can mean a blackout, and in the human heart even death. An international team ...

07/13/2015 - The new high-performance computer at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ranks among the 400 fastest world-wide. This was announced ...

07/10/2015 - This week, thousands of climate and social scientists as well as policy experts have met for the “Our Common Future under Climate Change” ...

06/26/2015 - The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, one of the most renowned around the globe, has selected climate scientist John Schellnhuber to become a ...

04/25/2015 - Cities around the globe need to re-invent themselves if they want to be a safe home for generations to come. Nobel Laureates call upon cities to ...

"... that only a broad moral awakening can offer hope of solving them", states PIK-director Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, who shortly presented the new papal ...

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber recently presented Pope Francis' Environment Encyclical in Rome. Also, he has shortly been appointed to become a member of the ...

PIK-director Hans Joachim Schellnhuber was a main adviser to the Vatican concerning Pope Francis' recently published Environment Encyclical. About the ...