Category: Climate Change

Climate risks of bioenergy underestimated

Joint press release by Technische Universität Berlin and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 03/08/2012  Climate risks of bioenergy underestimated Energy from biomass presents underappreciated risks, new research published in Nature Climate Change shows....

Quantifying Climate Impacts

Joint press release by the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)  02/07/2012 Quantifying climate impacts: new comprehensive model comparison launched Climate change has impacts on...

Methane in the Arctic

via yesterday’s Independent newspaper: Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have...

Heat Waves & Climate Change

 This in yesterday:  Press Release by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) More heat waves: increase of extremes due to climate change The Moscow heat wave last year was, with high probability,...