As climate change escalates, the Berlin-Brandenburg region faces new challenges. Climate change-induced extreme events including droughts, heatwaves, and floods, are expected to cause new conflicts to emerge and aggravate existing…
Die Ausstellung The Constant Unraveling Flurry We Depend Upon der Künstlerin Jia-Jen Lin befasst sich mit dem komplizierten Geflecht menschlicher Existenz inmitten eskalierender soziopolitischer und ökologischer Krisen. In ihrer ersten Mixed-Reality-Installation verwandelt…
Zum Welttag der Gletscher am 21. März spricht der Geograf und Meteorologe Tobias Sauter über den Beitrag, den die Wissenschaft zur Entwicklung von Anpassungsstrategien leisten kann (Link zum Interview)
Mountain glaciers are among the most vulnerable natural systems to climate change. However, their interactions with the atmosphere are complex and not fully understood. These interactions can trigger rapid adjustments…
This study investigates simulated glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) at five glacial lakes in the Everest region of Nepal using the three-dimensional model OpenFOAM. It presents the evolution of GLOF…
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102234, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies This study evaluates the performance of seven gridded precipitation datasets (CRU TS, TMPA 3B43, GPCC, IMERG, MERRA-2, ERA5, and PDIR) against rain gauge data.…
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