Climate feedback to stratospheric aerosol forcing: the key role of the pattern effect
In a recent study Moritz Günther, Hauke Schmidt, Claudia Timmreck (all MPI-M), and Matthew Toohey (University of Saskatchewan) argue why the cooling…
The newest IPCC report – a look behind the scenes
A very personal account by Jochem Marotzke The just-published Assessment Report 6 (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC has…
New estimates of the future effect of air pollution on Earth´s radiation budget
Almost all IPCC scenarios for 2015 to 2100 show a reduction in the air pollution by anthropogenic aerosols for the future, but their effects on the…
To what extent do aerosol particles in the atmosphere mask the effects of greenhouse gases?
Prof Bjorn Stevens is Director in the department “The Atmosphere in the Earth system” and speaks about his research and the question: To what extent…
New study: Cooling by aerosols weaker and less uncertain
The new study "Rethinking the lower bound on aerosol forcing" in the Journal of Climate, written by Prof. Bjorn Stevens, director at the Max Planck…