Groenland

La fonte des neiges et les pluies persistantes de ces derniers jours ont fait déborder des cours d’eau du nord et de l’ouest de la République fédérale. “Der Tagesspiegel” raconte l’inquiétude de la population face à des conditions météorologiques préoccupantes.

Are we already living in the Anthropocene? For the past three years, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) has undertaken extensive research at 12 different locations across the globe to search for geological evidence of recent planetary change provoked by industrialized humanity. The AWG’s aim was to identify a geological reference section, a so-called Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP, commonly referred to as the "Golden Spike") that would indicate the start of a new Earth epoch, the Anthropocene. The research process has been closely accompanied by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) within the collaborative framework of the Anthropocene Curriculum. On July 11, 2023, the scientists of the AWG will present their proposed Anthropocene GSSP candidate in a joint online press conference with the Max Planck Society and former members of the HKW. The press conference takes place as a special event of the international Max Planck So

Avec le 6ème rapport d’évaluation du Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC), une nouvelle génération de scénarios climatiques permet de mieux appréhender les futurs possibles en termes de dérive climatique. Les scénarios dits SSP (Shared Socio-economic Pathways) viennent remplacer les scénarios dits RCP (Representative Concentration Pathways).