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16-02-2010
ZAMG climate research/modeling team visited the DWD (German Weather service) to further enlarge the already good cooperation (presentation, announcement).
It was an productive and warm hearty atmosphere and we are looking forward to see our German colleagues in Vienna when we are giving a press conference on ‘Stadtklima-Modellierung’.
Will we have a white Christmas? Apart from the climate summit in Copenhagen, having snow for the holidays is likely the most popular topic when it comes to climate or weather. read more
On 1st of December at MeteoSwiss within a workshop MeteoSwiss-ZAMG a presentation was given by C. Matulla.
On 11th of November Michael Hofstätter and Christoph Matulla gave an invited presentation on climate research and modeling at the University of Vienna within the Meteorological Seminar series (announcement).
A new book on climate and society by Nico Stehr and Hans von Storch has been published. Please find the appendant review below:
Climate and Society (Climate as a resource, Climate as Risk)
by Nico Stehr and Hans von Storch
published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Review by Christoph Matulla:
Some years ago an Austrian politician faced harsh criticism from the media for merely stating the fact that political processes are not as simple as they appear. In my opinion this was the wisest sentence ever spoken by him. It is a prime example of how the media can take something out of context and distort it for the public. read more
Christoph Matulla (ZAMG), Hans von Storch (Uni Hamburg, GKSS) and Nico Stehr (Inhaber des Karl-Mannheim-Lehrstuhls für Kulturwissenschaften Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen) raise public awareness not to infantilize the debate on climate change. Climate change should be treated with care and knowledge (DER STANDARD, http://derstandard.at/fs/1245670016502/Kommentar-der-anderen-Klimaerwaermung-Zu-viel-Hitze-im-Gefecht, 23.6.2009).
Christoph Matulla was invited to give a lecture within a seminar that focuses on the possible impacts of climate change on water resources (see announcement ). Within this lecture Michael Hofstaetter will give a short presentation too.
There is a book in press, which deals with the climate evolution throughout the past 20ka and the 100a ahead within the European Alps. This is to our knowledge the first time that scientists from different fields (climatology, limnology, glaciology, tree ring evaluation, pollen analysis, the investigation of rock-glaciers, etc.). As such we (R. Schmidt, R. Psenner and C. Matulla) as editors together with all the authors are proud to present this essential piece of work.
Online already available at innsbruck university press (send message). The print version is expected to appear in book stores by the end of April.
Visit the website of the university of Innsbruck for information and some reviews (www).
On the 6th of June 2009 the Wirtschaftsakademikertag on "Klimawandel und Tourismus" will take place in Innsbruck/Tirol. Christoph Matulla will talk about "Entwicklung des globalen Klimas und Auswirkungen auf Österreich".
We were lucky that quite a number of people from the press, insurance companies, the power industry, etc. attended the press conference on the evolution of storminess over about the past 140 years. This event also triggered some response in the media. You may want to have a look on some examples given here (Wiener Zeitung, Die Presse, Salzburger Nachrichten) or hear an interview that was merged from comments given by Christoph Matulla and Rupert Pichler (Allianz) (start WM Player below).
On Wednesday the 25th of February there is to be a press conference given by Christoph Matulla at the ZAMG that deals with the question how much storminess has changed since the 1970s (announcement).
