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Are midlatitude weather and climate influenced by Arctic Amplification?

Many factors and regions can influence how the weather and the climate of the mid-latitudes may change under global warming. Particularly the…

Photo of Arctic Sea

Cause for variability in Arctic sea ice clarified

Using extensive computer simulations, the scientists Dr Dirk Olonscheck, Dr Thorsten Mauritsen and Dr Dirk Notz from the Max Planck Institute for…

When Will Arctic Sea Ice Be Gone?

Dr. Dirk Notz, from the department „The Ocean in the Earth System“, talks about the ice in the Antarctic and how it will disappear. First, he…