Tropical Cyclones and the Carbon Cycle: New Insights from A Model Simulation
For the first time, scientists have resolved extremely intense tropical cyclones and their effect on the ocean carbon cycle in a global Earth system…
NextGEMS: The Start of a New Era in Climate Research
The nextGEMS project, which ended this year, has paved the way for a more natural use of Earth information systems with local granularity. Its major…
How to Make Model Experiments on the Atlantic Overturning Circulation More Realistic
Melting ice in the Arctic is causing an increasing amount of freshwater to enter the North Atlantic, which is expected to result in a weakening of…
Climate, Coasts, Complexity: Northern Germany at the Heart of Earth System Modeling
In September, Northern Germany becomes the meeting point for the international Earth System Modeling community. Three high-level scientific events,…
ICON Simulations Nominated for Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling
Newly developed configurations of the climate model ICON allow for the simulation of decadal-scale climate change at km-scale resolution on the…
Lennart Bengtsson is Celebrating His 90th Birthday
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology congratulates its former director, Lennart Bengtsson, on his special day.
Weather Forecasting and Climate Modeling Move Closer Together
The ICON model can be used for weather forecasting as well as climate predictions and long-term projections. So far, however, the different…
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…
More than 100 Scientists Join the Hamburg Node of the WCRP Global Km-Scale Hackathon
Researchers from around the globe gather, virtually and physically, for the first World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Km-Scale Hackathon,…
New Climate Model Reveals the Triggers of Abrupt Climatic Changes in the Past 20,000 Years
Between the last glacial maximum and today, humans were exposed to severe changes of the climate: Coastal settlement areas were lost due to rising…
Regional Climate Signals Pose New Challenges for Climate Science
Climate science has correctly predicted many aspects of the climate system and its response to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.…
Embracing Diversity for the Future of Climate Modeling
What's next for climate modeling? Five internationally recognized female scientists have joined forces to come up with an answer. They argue: Instead…