«While the single ant is certainly not smart, the collective acts in a way that I'm tempted to call intelligent,» says co-author Jürgen Kurths who
leads PIK's research domain Transdisciplinary Concepts and Methods.
Not exact matches
«We can predict the beginning of the Indian monsoon two weeks earlier, and the end of it even six weeks earlier than before — which is quite a breakthrough, given that for the farmers every day counts,» says Veronika Stolbova from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (
PIK) and the University of Zurich, the
lead - author of the study to be published in the Geophysical Research Letters.
«Projected rainfall changes for the end of the 21st century will not
lead to complete Amazon dieback,» says co-author Carl Schleussner from Berlin - based scientific think tank Climate Analytics and
PIK.
«Until recently, only West Antarctica was considered unstable, but now we know that its ten times bigger counterpart in the East might also be at risk,» says Levermann, who is head of
PIK's research area Global Adaptation Strategies and a
lead - author of the sea - level change chapter of the most recent scientific assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.
«If the same weather persists for weeks on end in one region, then sunny days can turn into a serious heat wave and drought, and lasting rains can
lead to flooding,» said Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (
PIK), Germany.
He is a leader at the renowned Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research,
PIK; an Adjunct Scientist at Columbia University in New York; the
Lead Author of the latest IPCC chapter on Sea Level Change; journal editor, and more.
«We detected a specific pattern of ocean cooling south of Greenland and unusual warming off the US coast — which is highly characteristic for a slowdown of the Atlantic overturning, also called the Gulf Stream system,» said the
lead author, Levke Caesar from
PIK.
Just recently a «scientist» at the German hyper alarmist
PIK «found out» that the (temporary) loss of sea ice in the arctic
leads to increased ocean heat loss to the atmosphere resulting in more snow elsewhere.
Bob Tisdale says: January 10, 2011 at 3:05 pm Manfred says: «Just recently a «scientist» at the German hyper alarmist
PIK «found out» that the (temporary) loss of sea ice in the arctic
leads to increased ocean heat loss to the atmosphere resulting in more snow elsewhere.
Dr Dieter Gerten, research expert on water scarcity, and
lead author of one of the three studies contained in the
PIK paper, said mean global warming of 2ºC − the target set by the international community − is projected to expose an additional 8 % of humankind to new or increased water scarcity.
«In all of these places, the amount of rain pouring down in one day broke local records — and while each of these individual events has been caused by a number of different factors, we find a clear overall upward trend for these unprecedented hazards», said the
PIK study's
lead author, Jascha Lehmann.
«In all of these places, the amount of rain pouring down in one day broke local records — and while each of these individual events has been caused by a number of different factors, we find a clear overall upward trend for these unprecedented hazards,» says the
lead author, Jascha Lehmann, a
PIK researcher into climate impacts and vulnerabilities.
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PIK's Climate Action Tracker: «Role model: These countries... are
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