Earth’s Climate Sensitivity
How much will the Earth warm if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles? The answer to this seemingly simple question is highly…
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Hamburg Climate Researcher Erich Roeckner Has Died
Erich Roeckner, one of the most influential researchers in the history of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, passed away in February 2026, at…
WIVERN Is ESA's 11th Earth Explorer Satellite Mission
The WIVERN research project has been selected for the European Space Agency's eleventh Earth Explorer satellite mission. WIVERN will provide the…
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,…
Expert Committee Recommends the Selection of the WIVERN Satellite Mission as the 11th Earth Explorer
An expert committee has recommended the WIVERN satellite mission to be selected as the eleventh “Earth Explorer” mission of the European Space Agency…
Franziska Glassmeier Heads New Lise Meitner Research Group at the MPI-M
A new Lise Meitner Research Group focusing on "Multiscale Cloud Physics" has started at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. The team led by…
Above the Clouds: HALO Measurement Campaign Successfully Completed
Over a period of more than three months, scientists have collected data on cloud formation in the Atlantic with the HALO research aircraft, and…
Climate change amplified by permafrost cloud feedback
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology shed light on what may happen if the frozen soils thaw in response to global heating.…
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…
When thunderstorms light up scientists' eyes: first results from the field campaign FESSTVaL
In a recent study, Dr. Cathy Hohenegger, group leader in the climate physics department, reports on the measurement effort called the Field…
Wivern Earth Explorer candidate goes forward
The satellite mission Wivern has been selected by the European Space Agency ESA as one of two remaining candidates to progress to the next…
When Neptune nudges dominoes: How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks
A study by Kang et al. proposes a new hypothesis for the anomalous slowdown in the rate of average global surface warming between 1979 and 2013.…