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Why magnitude matters in disasters, and what the medal tally of the 2024 Paris Olympics has to do with it

Magnitude matters in disaster risk models, but it also matters in the medal tallies. In the "new" medal tallies, Germany is ranked 7th instead of 9th.

 

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 KIT
Microgrids: Social justice as a planning criterion

Development of a model for a spatial planning concept for microgrids.

 

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 Jannik Wilhelm
Why do hailstones get jagged?

Michael Kunz in the weekly review Stuttgart

 

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 Gabi Zachmann
Microgrids: a resilient city for all

CEDIM researchers have developed a model that takes into account the fair design of decentralized energy systems.

 

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 Jaroslaw Kwoczala | Unsplash
Extreme temperatures and heat stress in urban public spaces

Development of methods to spatialy visualise thermal comfort in heterogeneous urban areas using remote sensing data.

 

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KIT – That's why: Sustainability and Climate

Studying at KIT means: excellent, research-oriented teaching, international orientation, diverse campus life, and countless other possibilities and opportunities, including a better understanding of natural disasters and helping to adapt to them.

 

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