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Initiated instability in West Antarctica might be the fastest on the continent
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13/06/2019 - All around the Antarctic coastline there are ice sheet instabilities waiting to be triggered. If this happens ice flows inexorably into the ocean ...
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Marlene Kretschmer wins Köppen-Preis for her outstanding dissertation on polar vortex
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24.01.2019 - Marlene Kretschmer from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), has been awarded the 2018 Wladimir Peter Köppen Prize for her ...
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Ricarda Winkelmann wins academics' young scientist award
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06/12/2018 - Ricarda Winkelmann from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has been honoured as this year's Young Scientist of the Year by ...
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Extreme weather will likely become more frequent due to stalling of giant waves in the atmosphere
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01/11/2018 - Computer simulations predict a strong increase of events in which the undulations of the jet stream in the atmosphere stop moving along and grow ...
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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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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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Sea-level legacy: 20cm more rise by 2300 for each 5-year delay in peaking emissions
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02/20/2018 - Peaking global CO2 emissions as soon as possible is crucial for limiting the risks of sea-level rise, even if global warming is limited to well ...
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FAZ-Blog: PIK climate scientists on expedition to the Antarctic
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01/23/2017 - The researchers Ricarda Winkelmann and Ronja Reese from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) recently departed for their ...
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