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°climate physics professor seeking simple laws in nature & economics °head of complexity science @PIK_Climate °author of Folding the World
Sep 16, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
That is how the dynamics of a monsoon #TippingPoint relates to the enhanced variability of monsoon rainfall and thereby the #PakistanFloods. A brief thread: This is the last paragraph of the @nytimes article above and the related papers:
Anders Levermann, a physicist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, has proposed one explanation. The South Asian monsoon begins each spring when the land warms and...
Jul 29, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
Wenn wir die Temperatur unseres Planeten und damit unser Klima stabilisieren wollen, dann müssen wir weltweit das Verbrennen von Öl, Gas und Kohle einstellen...
spiegel.de/spiegel/anders…
nature.com/articles/s4158… ...Um das Pariser Klimaabkommen einzuhalten muss dieses in den nächsten 30 Jahren passieren...
sueddeutsche.de/politik/klimaw…
nature.com/articles/s4146…
Apr 5, 2022 21 tweets 7 min read
Some thoughts on the 3rd @IPCC_CH report on the solution of the climate problem.

1st: We have the means to get practically all blue and yellow bars to zero and we need to do this within the next 20 years. 2nd: Never forget that Europe and North America have been the strongest emitters.... but let that not hold you back from building your countries economy on an energy source that is viable for the future.