News of the institute for coastal research

A survey among climate scientists is used to examine the terminology concerning two key concepts in climate science, namely, predictions and projections, as used among climate scientists. Contrary to established guidelines, approximately 29% of the respondents associate probable developments with projections, and approximately 20% of the respondents associate possible developments with predictions.

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The new LOICZ Regional Node South Asia was opended in Chennai, India, at the Institute for Ocean Management of the Anna University Chennai.

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New Springer-book "Marine Climate & Climate Change. Storms, Wind Waves and Storm Surges" (Weisse, R., and H. von Storch, 2009) appeared in print.

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In a new publication GKSS scientists detected the worldwide distribution of Polyfluorinated Compounds in the Atmosphere. Besides other applications these anthropogenic chemicals are used as part of impregnation sprays.

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Der Article "Chemical labels and natural element tags for the quantitative analysis of bio-molecules", J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 432 - 459, DOI: 10.1039/b717916m by Andreas Prange and Daniel Pröfrock is "Most accessed paper in 2008" within the different Journals published by the "Royal Society of Chemistry".

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