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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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Is this year’s El Niño set to be an especially strong one?
Daniela Matei, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, answers questions about this climate phenomenon and its consequences.
Three Master’s Students from IISER Pune Join MPI-M for Their Thesis Work
Raghav Kapoor, Steve Padua, and Ashik S. from IISER Pune, India, will be working on their master’s theses at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology…
Warming of Land Masses Leads to Cooling in the Eastern Pacific
While global temperatures are increasing, the eastern Pacific has cooled over the past four decades. Climate model experiments show that the faster…
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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.
Revisiting the Blue Marble: ICON simulating the coupled climate system at 1 km
The early 1970s is often associated with the birth of the modern environmental movement. In 1970 the first Earth day was celebrated, and Greenpeace was founded in 1971. In March 1972 the Club of Rome published its influential report entitled the “limits of growth”. The growing environmental consciousness was ...
