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From Chaos to Order: How Ants optimize Food Search
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05/27/2014 - Ants are capable of complex problem-solving strategies that could be widely applied as optimization techniques. An individual ant searching for ...
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Trapped atmospheric waves triggered more weather extremes
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08/12/2014 - Weather extremes in the summer - such as the record heat wave in the United States that hit corn farmers and worsened wildfires in 2012 - have ...
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Athens: Schellnhuber appointed member of Plato‘s Academy
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10/12/2019 – The very word academia derives from a borough in ancient Athens, where Plato gathered his students already in 400 BCE. The heir to Plato’s Academy ...
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Australia and Germany exchange ideas on science and innovation
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04/26/2017 - The Australian Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Arthur Sinodinos, visited Berlin this week - and on the occasion, the Australian ...
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„Two Big Bangs“: PIK Research Days
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02/04/2015 - Current and future research projects have been debated at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research last week – while also looking back at ...
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Blue Planet Prize awarded to Potsdam climate scientist Schellnhuber
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06/14/2017 - The world's most important award for pioneers in sustainability research will be given to the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...
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Brandenburg's Research Minister Münch welcomes Edenhofer and Rockström as new PIK Directors
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28/01/2019 - Climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer and earth resilience researcher Johan Rockström are officially appointed as new scientific directors of the ...
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Buildings can become a global CO2 sink if made out of wood instead of cement and steel
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A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it ...
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Climate disasters increase risk of armed conflict in multi-ethnic countries
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07/26/2016 - Climate disasters like heat-waves or droughts enhance the risk of armed conflicts in countries with high ethnic diversity, scientists found. They ...
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Panel Discussion on Climate Justice in Berlin
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17/04/2015 - In collaboration with the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice (MRFCJ) the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) organized a ...
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