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Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state
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06/08/2018 - Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2°C may be more difficult than previously assessed. An international team of scientists has published a study ...
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Hurricane Florence threatening the US coast
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13/09/2018 - Hurricane Florence is threatening the US coast as it will likely hit North or South Carolina. Last year already brought unusually devastating ...
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"Warning Signal: Extreme Events"
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11/09/2018 - The book "Warning signal: extreme events" with contributions from more than a hundred researchers will be presented this week at a major symposium ...
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Nice sunny days can grow into heat waves – and wildfires: summer weather is stalling
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20/08/2018 - Be it heavy downpours or super-hot spells, summer weather becomes more persistent in North America, Europe and parts of Asia. When those ...
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Summer of extremes - PIK experts in the media
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07/26/2018 - Everybody seems to be talking about the weather these days, with extreme heat in Germany and Europe, forest fires in Sweden, Greece and ...
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Heat wave in California and heavy rain in Japan
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09/07/2018 - Currently, California is confronted with extreme heat while Japan is hit by heavy rain. Stefan Rahmstorf, Earth System Analysis research domain ...
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China floods to hit US economy: climate effects through trade chains
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05/28/2018 - Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies ...
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Potsdam-China and back: "When climate projections return home"
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02/05/2018 - China's Guanting region is threatened by water scarcity - how water and land can be used sustainably was explored over several years by a ...
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EU commissioner Stylianides visits PIK
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01/24/2018 - The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, visited the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...
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Adaptation now: River flood risks increase around the globe under future warming
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11/01/2018 - Rainfall changes caused by global warming will increase river flood risks across the globe. Already today, fluvial floods are among the most ...
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