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Less predictable rainfall important for Maya decline
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03/17/2023 - Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played an important role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1100 years ...
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PIK expertise on extreme rainfall and flooding
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07/16/2021 - The heavy rains and thunderstorms in parts of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate during the past days have led to massive flooding of ...
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Precise PIK forecasts of the beginning of the monsoon help farmers in India
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05/17/2022 - For the 6. year in a row, PIK-scientist Elena Surovyatkina has predicted the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon in Central India more than a month ...
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Rainy days harm the economy
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01/12/2022 - Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up, a team of Potsdam scientists finds. Rich countries are ...
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Shifting Climate Zones: Sahel might get 50 % more rain by 2040
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09/22/2022 - Climate change could turn one of Africa's driest regions into a very wet one by boosting the Monsoon circulation. New computer simulations show a ...
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Too dry, too hot, or too wet: Increasing Weather Persistence in European Summer
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12/06/2021 - Global warming makes long lasting weather situations in the Northern hemisphere‘s summer months more likely – which in turn leads to more extreme ...
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Winter weather, a polar front – and areas of drought: PIK's assessment of the current weather situation.
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02/12/2021 - In January and February of 2021, parts of Europe, America and also Germany have experienced partly extreme winter weather. Nevertheless, there are ...
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New study identifies causal links behind the increase in hot and dry extremes in Central Europe
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23.12.2024 - Hot extreme weather events in Central Europe are driven primarily by anomalous atmospheric patterns and soil water deficiency, a new study led by ...
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A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon
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11/23/2023 - Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study published in the journal ...
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"Heat waves are on the rise": PIK statement
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24/06/2019 - Germany likely faces a heat wave this week. In which way is this releated to human-caused climate change?
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