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A dry landscape with cracked soils, a bridge leads across a river with very low water level.

More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

Due to global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation, an atmospheric circulation pattern that strongly influences European weather, is becoming more…

A puzzling temperature pattern in the tropical Pacific

The tropical Pacific not only impacts the weather in various regions of the world, but also determines the overall response of the climate system to…

Graphical representation of the strengthening (left) and weakening (right) of the Walker circulation, with English labeling

Study explains unexpected recent strengthening of the Walker circulation

The Walker circulation, an atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics, has accelerated in recent years, puzzling climate scientists who had…

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.

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.…

First-time explicit simulation of a tropical wind system in the upper atmosphere

A wind system in the tropical stratosphere that can influence the seasonal weather along many latitudes – the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) –…

New study sinks an old theory for low-wind equatorial regions

MPI-M-researcher Julia Windmiller overturns a textbook explanation for the low wind speeds that tormented sailing ships in the tropics: Rather than…

WASCAL Master's Students Attend ORCESTRA Campaign on Climate Research

Five master's students from Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Benin, and Guinea, participating in the WASCAL program, had the unique opportunity to gain…

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ORCESTRA: Exploring Tropical Clouds and their Impact on Climate

The ORCESTRA started his performance on August 10th in Cap Verde. The PERCUSION gives the beat by flying back and forth across the belt of deep rain…

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Insights into the thermal structure of the tropical troposphere

When you feel the wind on your face, see clouds in the sky, and watch a bird flap its wings in flight, you’re experiencing the troposphere. It is the…

Photo eruption of volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai

How a volcanic water vapor cloud influences its own transport through the stratosphere

Dr. Ulrike Niemeier and her co-authors have successfully simulated the transport of a volcanic water vapor cloud through the stratosphere. The…

Portrait Claudia Stephan with dark background

Claudia Stephan appointed Professor at the University of Rostock

Claudia Stephan has recently been appointed Professor of Theoretical Atmospheric Physics by the University of Rostock and will simultaneously take…

Portrait Tiffany Shaw

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology welcomes Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-awardee Prof. Tiffany Shaw

Professor Tiffany Shaw, who is a recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a globally…

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