The fear of climatic catastrophes is an ancient one and not unlike our fear of strangers. In the past, people believed that the climate almost always…

- Hans Von Storch

If higher summer temperatures become the norm in the future, people will adjust. Perhaps they'll take naps more frequently in the afternoon and conve…

- Hans Von Storch

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 d…

- Hans Von Storch

We climate researchers can only offer possible scenarios. In other words, things could end up being completely different. But there are undoubtedly p…

- Hans Von Storch

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 of) Sylt instead of…

- Hans Von Storch

Unfortunately, some scientists behave like preachers, delivering sermons to people. What this approach ignores is the fact that there are many threat…

- Hans Von Storch

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

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 climat…

- Hans Von Storch

Unfortunately many scientists see themselves too much as priests whose job it is to preach moralistic sermons to people. This is another legacy of th…

- Hans Von Storch