If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally wrong with our climate models. A 20-year pause in global warming does not occur in a single modeled… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
We climate researchers can only offer possible scenarios. In other words, things could end up being completely different. But there are undoubtedly parts of… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, some scientists behave like preachers, delivering sermons to people. What this approach ignores is the fact that there are many threats in our… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
If higher summer temperatures become the norm in the future, people will adjust. Perhaps they'll take naps more frequently in the afternoon and convert… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
The fear of climatic catastrophes is an ancient one and not unlike our fear of strangers. In the past, people believed that the climate… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
There is no last word in research, and that includes climate research. It's never the truth that scientists offer, but only our best possible… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
Unfortunately many scientists see themselves too much as priests whose job it is to preach moralistic sermons to people. This is another legacy of… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
We can no longer completely avoid anthropogenic climate change. At best, limiting the temperature rise to two degrees is just about possible, according to… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
Because of the inherent time lag in the climate system, the greenhouse gases that have already been pumped into the atmosphere will undoubtedly lead… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
Nowadays it's those hedonistic wastrels who pollute the air so that they can look at some pretty fish in the South Seas. It would… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
The reasons are likely rooted in religion. Playing around with God's creation is simply not allowed. Incidentally, in the past it was precisely the… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
According to the computer models, we do expect high winds in northern Germany to increase by one percent per decade. But this is such… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
It is in fact necessary to reduce CO2 emissions. There is no reason why we shouldn't spend our vacations on (the North Sea island… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally wrong with… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
