06/18/2009 - Key climate indicators such as global mean surface temperature, sea-level rise and extreme climatic events are already moving beyond the patterns ...

From 26 to 28 May 2009, Nobel Laureates from a variety of disciplines, leading scientists and experts will discuss the environmental, economic and development ...

BBC news on a study published by PIK climate scientist Malte Meinshausen et al. in Nature. The study calculated, for the first time, how much greenhouse gas ...

Selected publications in English and German.

Selected presentations.

An eco-hydrological, process-based, semi-distributed model

05/05/2009 - If the overall water resources in river basins were acknowledged and managed better, future food crises could be significantly reduced, say ...

04/20/2009 - On Thursday, 30 April 2009, Prince Charles will visit the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The British heir apparent will ...