Press Releases overview of the Institute for Coastal Research
2009-11-23 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht
The Residents of the North Sea Coast Fear more Storm Floods
“Climate change is the greatest danger on the North Sea coast”, according to 33% of the residents of the coast. This is one of the results of a current survey carried out by the GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, an institute for coastal research, in 22 communities along the German North Sea coast. The current GKSS study ‘Homeland, Environment and Risk on the German North Sea Coast – the Coastal Region from the Perspective of the Population’ also makes it clear that those surveyed believed their home region to be unique and beautiful.
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2009-07-13 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht
Digital North German Climate Atlas now available online
The North German Climate Office Atlas of the GKSS-Research Centre in Geesthacht has developed a unique digital Online Atlas for future climate change in northern Germany. Decision makers and interested lay people can now get detailed information about the current state of research on climate change in the region using the internet. One of the numerous results from the Climate Atlas: Summer precipitation in northern Germany could decrease by as much as 40% by the end of the century.
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2009-01-08 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht
GKSS scientists refute argument of climate sceptics
Scientists at the GKSS Research Centre of Geesthacht and the University of Bern have investigated the frequency of warmer than average years between 1880 and 2006 for the first time. The result: the observed increase of warm years after 1990 is not a statistical accident. The results will now be published in the journal „Geophysical Research Letters“.
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2008-11-10 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht
Later, warmer and greener autumn as climatic change comes to North Germany
Evaluations carried out by the North German Climate Office at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht reveal how the North-German autumn could change with tomorrow’s climate.
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2008-06-20 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht
Focus on climate change – GKSS Annual Meeting in Kiel
On 19 June, Schleswig-Holstein’s largest non-university research institute, GKSS, held its Annual Meeting at the IfM-GEOMAR facility in Kiel. The event, which was attended by around 250 participants, was opened by Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Science, Economics and Transport, Dietrich Austermann. In his opening speech, the minister once again expressed his delight about the great research work conducted by the Research Centre’s approximately 800 employees in Geesthacht.
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