Klimaschutz in Coronazeiten — Live Interview: Brandenburg Aktuell
Out Now! Our new Study on the Hysteresis of the Antarctic Ice sheet made the Nature Cover story
Expedition ANthropocene
Never before have humans intervened so intensely in the earth system – they are the driving force of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. In spring 2020, we – six members of Die Junge Akademie from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina from a range of disciplines – departed on a journey of discovery.
Just like Alexander von Humboldt 200 years ago, our research took us to Ecuador and the volcanic mountain Chimborazo. Due to its location close to the equator, the summit of Chimborazo is the highest point on the planet when measured from the Earth’s centre. Together with our local partners, we went there in search of traces of human activity in this environment.
Using methods from glaciology, biology, chemistry, acoustic ecology, computer science and medicine, our aim was to investigate the human impact on Chimborazo at different altitudes – from advancing climate change and its consequences for humans, glacial retreat and biodiversity, to acoustic ecological changes and the question of whether microplastics can be detected in the snow and ice.
Follow us along on our journey here.
PANELIST AT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM — How to SOLVE the Climate Crisis?
"Hothouse Earth"? — Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene
Article: Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Richardson, Timothy M. Lenton, Carl Folke, Diana Liverman, Colin P.Summerhayes, Anthony D. Barnosky, Sarah E. Cornell, Michel Crucifix, Jonathan F. Donges, Ingo Fetzer, Steven J. Lade, Marten Scheffer, Ricarda Winkelmann, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (2018). Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS.
Weblink to the article: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/31/1810141115
Press release: Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state
Expedition to Antarctica
Science. Ice. Climate Change.
Impressions from our 2018 expedition to Antarctica on board research vessel Polarstern, led by Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Sciences.
A Science Blog in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung by Ricarda Winkelmann and Ronja Reese.
Why the right climate target was agreed in Paris
Schellnhuber, Rahmstorf, Winkelmann. Why the right climate target was agreed in Paris. Nature Climate Change, 2016; 6 (7): 649 DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3013
ZEIT Jahresrückblick
2017 - Wie war das Jahr?
Panel Discussion at Side Event: The Arctic and Small Island States: Two regions inextricably linked through climate change
EGU Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award
Cryospheric Division
The 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award is awarded to Ricarda Winkelmann for her innovative contributions to glaciology and the study of the interactions between climate and glaciation.
DKK-Jahrestagung 2017
Klima-Experten ziehen wissenschaftliche und politische Bilanz.
Leibniz - Meeresforscher im Portrait
Kurzportraits von Leibniz-Meeresforscherinnen und -forschern im Jahr der Ozeane 2016
New York Times - Article by Justin Gillis
September 2015
On our study: Combustion of available fossil-fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Invited Speaker at Side Event: View from Two Poles: Climate Lessons from the Arctic and Antarctica
Our Common Future under Climate Change (CFCC)
International scientific conference in Paris 2015 ahead of COP21 organized under the umbrella of ICSU, Future Earth, UNESCO and major French research institutions, with the support of the French Government
Keynote Speaker at CFCC 2015
"Beyond gradual change"
Berliner Zeitung: Die Weltversteher
Artikel von Frank Junghänel
November 2015