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- SMH Revelation: Rural People Won’t Support High Cost Climate Policies Sat, 30 Oct 21, 4:00pmSydney Morning Herald Andrew Charlton just said something about climate change which almost made sense, before getting lost in the weeds of the fake green hydrogen revolution.
- Decarbonizing the power sector Wed, 20 Nov 19, 9:00pmNews Release 19-Nov-2019 Decarbonizing the power sector Renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters...
- Climate change could transform one of Africa's driest regions into a wet one Tue, 18 Jul 17, 11:39pmClimate change is often connected to heat waves and hot temperatures. But researchers recently found very different weather patterns could arise in a dry region of Africa: the Sahel. The area sprawls across multiple countries...
- Scientists warn Amazon jungle faces death spiral Tue, 14 Mar 17, 11:25pmA new study reveals that the Amazon rainforest may face a “death spiral” of deforestation and drought over the next century. The data comes from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, and while...
- Supercomputers that model climate change heat this Potsdam research institute Sat, 19 Mar 16, 1:00amThanks to the vertically orientated wooden facade, walkers in the beautiful woodland setting of Telegraph Hill in Potsdam might not even notice a new 6000m2 building has arisen amongst the tall trees...
- Apparently, 4 degrees spells climate doom Tue, 17 Dec 13, 7:49amOne has to wonder though, since CO2 residence time has been said to be anywhere from five year to hundreds, or even thousands of years, with no solid agreement yet, how they can be so sure of themselves? From the …...
- Yes, but weren’t climate pledge goals always out of reach? Wed, 4 Dec 13, 3:06amFrom the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Continuing with pledge pathways to 2030 could push climate goals out of reach Current pledges for greenhouse gas emission reductions are inadequate and will further...
- Stefan Rahmstorf and the consensus of experts on sea level -vs- reality, reality wins Sat, 23 Nov 13, 3:11amFrom Stefan Rahmstorf and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Expert assessment: Sea-level rise could exceed 1 meter in this century In contrast, for a scenario with strong emissions reductions, experts...
- 2 degree target – a matter of policy guesswork Sat, 16 Nov 13, 8:12pmSuccess of climate talks vital for 2°C target From the Potsdam Institute – Achieving a global climate agreement soon could be crucial for the objective to keep global mean temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius...
- Rising Sea Levels Could Submerge 1,700 U.S. Cities by 2100 Thu, 1 Aug 13, 11:55pmPhoto via Shutterstock A study released by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany reveals that a temperature increase of only one degree Celsius could cause sea levels to rise as much as two meters...
- Dueling press releases on ice melt – one says ‘uncertainty is large’ the other quantifies a number Wed, 17 Jul 13, 2:33amOnce again, it looks like claims of ‘consensus’ are overblown. In our previous news item we have this: …ice sheets are the largest potential source of future sea level rise – and they also possess the...
- Schellnhuber thinks he can forecast El Niño a year in advance Wed, 3 Jul 13, 5:38amFrom the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) where breakthroughs happen even before they have a proven track record. It appears he was able to predict one event last year in 2012 from the method run in 2011,...
- Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050 Thu, 9 May 13, 2:59amPhoto via Shutterstock With tomatoes from Chile, salmon from Norway, chocolate from Africa, and coffee from Indonesia, a trip to the local grocery store can seem like a journey around the world...
- FoS CliSci Summary Thu, 11 Apr 13, 3:25amClimate Science Newsletter Crowd sourcing A unique effort to assemble a large number of paleo-temperature graphs on all time scales was made earlier on the WUWT Paleoclimate Reference Page and is now continuing with a recent...
- Blockheaded thinking on well known weather patterns and ‘extreme weather’ Thu, 28 Feb 13, 5:47pmI had to laugh at this statement from the press release below: “What we found is that during several recent extreme weather events these planetary waves almost freeze in their tracks for weeks.” Gosh,”frozen...