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Lara Wallberg Receives Böttcher Award
Lara Wallberg was honored with the Johann Max Böttcher Award for her innovative research on the variability of hot summers in Europe. The Max Planck…
Jochem Marotzke Honored with the Federal Cross of Merit
Jochem Marotzke, director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, has been awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of…
New Study Provides Empirical Evidence of Human Influence on Regional Climate Change
Climate change is affecting the entire planet—and yet different regions are warming at different rates. Where is human-induced warming already clearly…
Tropical Rain Belt Might First Widen, Then Contract in Response to Climate Change
How will climate change affect the Intertropical Convergence Zone? A new study shows that the response of the tropical rain belt to an increase of…
Around 350 Climate, Computational, and Computer Scientists Attend km-Scale Global Modelling Summit 2026 in Hamburg
Experts from around the world specializing in high-resolution Earth system modeling are currently meeting in Hamburg for the km-Scale Global Modelling…
A Journey Through the Reception History of a Key Oceanographic Publication
In 1961, oceanographer Henry Stommel laid the foundation for understanding thermohaline circulation. In a current special collection of the journal…
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PhD positions in Climate Research - Annual Call 2027 open 1 July to 15 September
The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM) is a structured, interdisciplinary and international program for graduate students who want to earn a PhD degree. The aim of our doctoral program is to advance our understanding of processes and dynamics in the Earth system as well as predictive capabilities.
ICON Team Receives International Recognition for Groundbreaking Achievements in High-Performance Computing
A team led by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the German Climate Computing Center has received the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for their groundbreaking work at the intersection of climate science and high-performance computing. Their achievement—a landmark simulation of the full Earth system with the ICON model at 1.25-kilometer resolution—overcame a challenge long considered impossible to master.
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