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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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Planetary Waves drive South America’s Monsoon rains
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12/20/2018 - Monsoon rainfall in South America is to a large extent driven by huge airstreams high up in the atmosphere, a new study finds. Using innovative ...
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Potsdam Summer School explores the future of cities
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09/04/2017 - The rapid pace of change around the world is presenting humankind and human environments with tremendous challenges. What solutions and strategies ...
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Potsdam Young Scientist Award for Max Franks
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2016/11/28 – Max Franks from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was honoured with the Potsdam Young Scientist Award. Mayor Jann Jakobs ...
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Rainfall extremes are connected across continents: Nature study
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31.01.2019 - Extreme rainfall events in one city or region are connected to the same kind of events thousands of kilometers away, an international team of ...
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Rise and fall of societies linked to climatic conditions
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10/14/2015 - Societies seem to have been rising and falling with the stability of climatic conditions, a new study indicates. Published in the journal ...
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Homeschooling: Researchers support online learning with explanatory videos
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01/04/2020 - As schools are closed due to the corona crisis, the Potsdam Institute offers special online lectures for children and young people as a small ...
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Sea level rise: West Antarctic ice collapse may be prevented by snowing ocean water onto it
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18/07/2019 - The ice sheet covering West Antarctica is at risk of sliding off into the ocean. While further ice-sheet destabilisation in other parts of the ...
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Social and Natural science together: New Co-Directors to lead the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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23/02/2018 - The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is reinventing itself – appointing a twin leadership bringing together natural sciences ...
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Successful earliest forecast of onset and withdrawal of the Indian Summer Monsoon
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10/18/2017 – For the second year in a row, a team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) successfully predicted the onset ...
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