The Air and Its Secrets—A History of Atmospheric Science
In his new book, Guy Brasseur, former director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and head of the “Environmental Modeling” research group,…
Changes in Cloud Altitude Have Minimal Impact on Climate Sensitivity
Clouds influence how much the Earth warms in response to a given increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. In addition to their extent and brightness,…
Climate Data from Ship Logs: Interdisciplinary Project Receives Funding from the Volkswagen Foundation
Historical logs from ships involved in the transatlantic slave trade also contain information about past climate conditions. Two climate researchers…
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ORCESTRA: Half-Time for the Tropical Cloud Experiment
MPI-M researchers and their partner institutions are currently performing atmospheric measurements over the equatorial Atlantic with eight…
Summer research and discoveries: International Visiting Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg
It’s not just the people of Hamburg and the many tourists who know that Hamburg is particularly beautiful in the summer. The Max Planck Institute for…
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Atmospheric data treasure for the trade wind region collected, processed, and made available
Thirteen scientists from Germany, France and the United States collaborated to collect measurements and process them into a dataset that provides a…