Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology: News from the Institute

Airborne microplastics: Where do they come from, where do they go?

How tiny plastic particles enter the atmosphere is an important question, as airborne microplastics are a potential health threat. Using a global…

06/03/2025

An image of the Amazon rainforest, the bottom is completely covered with green tree tops, above are dense clouds. One cloud emerges from the green canopy.

Atmosphere model Atmospheric circulation Convective processes Publication

Amazon rainforest more resilient than assumed

New evidence suggests that mean annual precipitation in the Amazon region is not going to change significantly even if it were completely deforested.…

21/02/2025

Shown are data from the models IFS, GEOS, and ICON at 30 km height.

Atmosphere model Atmospheric circulation Model resolution Publication

Atmospheric energy spectra in global kilometre-scale models

Dr. Claudia Stephan (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) and her colleagues Dr. Julia Duras, Dr. Lucas Harris, Dr. Daniel Klocke, Dr. William M.…

28/04/2022

Figure: Simulated change in storm surge height of a statistically expected storm surge every 50 years relative to the respective mean sea level.

Atmosphere model Climate change Publication

Global warming leads to higher storm surges in the German Bight

A new study in Climate Dynamics by Andreas Lang and Uwe Mikolajewicz from the Department "The Ocean in the Earth System" at the Max Planck Institute…