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News on Geophysics in 2020

Climate physics:

The climate changed rapidly alongside sea ice decline in the north

This scientific breakthrough concludes a long-lasting debate on the mechanisms causing abrupt…

Study delivers new knowledge about what causes thunderstorms and cloud bursts

Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what…

Knowledge about the past can preserve the biodiversity of tomorrow

Climate change threatens plants and animals across the planet. Interdisciplinary research by, among…

Proven: Historical climate changes occurred simultaneously in several parts of the world

A new study published by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and partner institutions has…

New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting

Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today’s climate models have yet to…

Online workshop:

Deep Learning online Workshop at the Niels Bohr Institute: Great Learning

Following the latest developments of the COVID 19 pandemic, the planned Workshop on Perspectives an…

New Ice Core Storage facility at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. Official inauguration on 11 March

The researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, are world leading in climate…

Climate physics:

Coincidences influence the onset and ending of ice ages

An analysis of the so called climate spectrum shows why the ice ages have not behaved precisely as…