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Too dry, too hot, or too wet: Increasing weather persistence in European s
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], December 6 (ANI): A novel analysis of atmospheric images and data has found that global warming makes long-lasting weather situations in the Northern hemisphere's summer months more likely, which in turn leads to more extreme weather events.
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Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], November 26 (ANI): Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century, according to Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Researchers conduct study to reduce tropical cyclone impacts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 3 (ANI): A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found that increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might lead to about 25 per cent more people being put at risk by tropical cyclones.
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Researchers find double benefit of climate protection through both limitin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 27 (ANI): Increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might lead to about 25 per cent more people put at risk by tropical cyclones, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found.
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Study reveals major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching cri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], August 6 (ANI): A recent study by Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Action Research (PIK) has revealed that the major Atlantic ocean current, to which the Gulf stream also belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century.
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Parts of Greenland may be on the verge of tipping, suggests new study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 18 (ANI): Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have detected new early-warning signs that the central-western part of the Greenland ice sheet has been destabilizing and may now be close to a critical transition.
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Fair climate policy could help reduce extreme poverty: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], April 27 (ANI): Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. If recent trends continue, the UN goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 will be clearly missed.
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Limiting water stress risks: Irrigation management key for bioenergy produ
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 8 (ANI): A combined study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) showed that to prevent water scarcity, biomass plantations for energy production need sustainable water management.
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Coal and COVID-19: How pandemic is accelerating the end of fossil power ge
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], February 8 (ANI): COVID-19 has not only caused a temporary drop in global CO2 emissions, but it has also reduced the share of power generated by burning coal - a trend that could, in fact, outlast the pandemic.
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Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 4 (ANI): Germany celebrated 30 years of reunification in a low key event on Saturday amid COVID-19 pandemic. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel were among the dignitaries who participated in the ceremony in the eastern city of Potsdam, 25
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Galactic bar paradox resolved in Cosmic Dance
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of our galaxy.
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Sea level could rise more than 1 metre by 2100 if emission targets not met
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], May 8 (ANI): Global mean sea-level rise could exceed 1 metre by 2100 and 5 metres by 2300 with unchecked emissions, a survey among 100 leading international experts finds.
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