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Dr. Jingfang Fan
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I am a research associate in Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber's group and also worked with Prof. Jürgen Kurths at PIK. I got my Ph. D. degree at Institute of ...
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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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Europe’s renewable energy regulation could harm global forests
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12/09/2018 - To fulfill the Paris Climate Agreement, which is backed by science, the European Union laudably plans to strongly enhance its renewable energy ...
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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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What saved the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 10,000 years ago will not save it today
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06/14/2018 - The retreat of the West Antarctic ice masses after the last Ice Age was reversed surprisingly about 10,000 years ago, scientists found. This is in ...
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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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Better be safe than sorry: economic optimization risks tipping of important Earth system elements
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06/15/2018 - Optimizing economic welfare without constraints might put human well-being at risk, a new climate study argues. While being successful in bringing ...
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PIKturing our future: The young scientists’ visions for the institute
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06/05/2018 - Once a year, the doctoral candidates of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) gather to discuss their research and exchange ...
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