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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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Stronger evidence for a weaker Atlantic overturning
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04/11/2018. The Atlantic overturning – one of Earth’s most important heat transport systems, pumping warm water northwards and cold water southwards – is ...
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PIK experts at the intersessional climate conference in Bonn
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11/05/2018 - In the run-up to this year´s UN climate conference in Katowice in Poland, about 3000 experts and observers met in Bonn to discuss how to implement ...
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Masterstudent an der Universität Potsdam und FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Thema der Masterarbeit: What influence does the anthropogenic heat flux have on long-term ...
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Girls'Day: PIK opens up doors and new perspectives to young and female future scientists
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26/04/2018 - At this year's Girls'Day, schoolgirls from Berlin and Brandenburg had once again the opportunity to get to know the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
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More than 14.000 Earth scientists meet in Vienna
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06/04/2018 - The European Geophysical Union’s (EGU) general assembly in Vienna is one of the world's greatest scientific events – from 8 to 13 April, it ...
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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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