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Christine Kaufhold

Since May 2022, Christine is a working as a doctoral researcher in the group Long-Term Dynamics of the Earth System (LOTES). Her research centers on the long-term Anthropocene, exploring future glacial inceptions over the next 100 kyr - 1 Myr under varying anthropogenic CO₂ emission scenarios, and how this will affect nuclear waste storage solutions.

Department

Earth System Analysis

Working Group

Long-Term Trajectories

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

kaufhold[at]pik-potsdam.de

P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

ORCID

0009-0001-1772-9039

Christine Kaufhold studied Physics at the University of Waterloo, Canada with an emphasis on numerical modelling and environmental systems (e.g., oceanography, geosciences). After completing an internship on particle tracking for contaminant transport in the Department of Stochastic Simulation and Safety Research for Hydrosystems at Universität Stuttgart, she went on to finish her MSc. in Ocean and Climate Physics at Universität Hamburg. Her master's thesis was focused on characterizing regimes of weather forecasting uncertainty via explainable AI methods.

URS; REDUKLIM - Reduction of emission scenario uncertainty through climate modelling, providing long-term climate change scenarios

Ocean Dynamics SoSe 2023/2024 tutorial session

Scheduled:

C. Kaufhold, M. Willeit, A. Ganopolski
20th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC), Incheon, South Korea
Impact of Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet melting on sea level, regional climate, and future coastlines

Past:

C. Kaufhold, M. Willeit, G. Munhoven, V. Klemann, A. Ganopolski
EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria
Magnitude of anthropogenic CO₂ emissions and pre-industrial carbon cycle state as key factors which determine timing of the next glacial period

C. Kaufhold, M. Willeit, A. Ganopolski
PIK PaleoSeminar, Potsdam, Germany
When will the next ice age begin given current global warming trends?

C. Kaufhold, M. Willeit, A. Ganopolski
Ocean Floor Symposium (MARUM), Bremen, Germany
Impact of anthropogenic CO₂ on the next glacial inception

C. Kaufhold, M. Willeit, S. Talento, A. Ganopolski
EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria
Uncertainties in climate sensitivity and residual carbon emissions permit for a hothouse climate ahead

C. Kaufhold, M. Willeit, A. Ganopolski
PIK RD1 Science Discussion Seminar, Potsdam, Germany
Modelling of the deep future with CLIMBER-X: Investigating uncertainties on long to very-long timescales

C. Kaufhold, A. Ganopolski
safeND Interdisciplinary Research Symposium 2023, Berlin, Germany
Deep-future climate change scenarios for site selection of nuclear waste disposal in Germany

C. Kaufhold, A. Ganopolski
PIK RD1 Science Discussion Seminar, Potsdam, Germany
Modelling of long-term future climate change with application to the problem of permanent nuclear waste storage in Germany