One step closer to a new generation of Earth System Models
NextGEMS, an ambitious European project to develop a new generation of Storm-resolving Earth System Models (SR-ESMs), is now official. On May 28,…
FESSTVaL: a field campaign targeted to the detection of small-scale weather phenomena
Like a magnifying glass, FESSTVaL will peer into the internal structure of small-scale weather phenomena, with a particular emphasis on summertime…
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Could the deglaciation of Snowball Earth have started in the mid-latitudes?
A new study, led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), investigates the question which conditions could have triggered…
Response of high-latitude ecosystems to temperature overshoot scenarios
High-latitude soils contain almost twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, and the fate of this frozen organic matter under ongoing climate change is…
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Relative humidity is key in quantifying Earth’s changing climate sensitivity
In a new paper by Stella Bourdin, Lukas Kluft and Bjorn Stevens the authors found a dependence of climate sensitivity on the given distribution of…
The Gender Equality Plan of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology: Equal opportunities for MPI-M employees
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) has renewed its Gender Equality Plan (GEP) to further facilitate equal opportunities for all genders…
Ozone, air chemistry, Earth-system science, environmental modeling — researcher portrait Guy Brasseur
The recently published book “The Ozone Layer, From Discovery to Recovery” is a fascinating reading from the discovery of ozone in the 19th century…
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Climate response to emissions reductions due to COVID-19: Initial results from CovidMIP
In a new publication in Geophysical Research Letters led by Chris D. Jones from the Met Office Hadley Centre, in Exeter, UK, a group of 49 scientists…
Documentation of JSBACH published
Today, JSBACH is the land component of the two Earth System models at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), MPI-ESM and ICON-ESM. Work on…
Climate effect of trade-wind clouds – bridging the gap between hectometer and kilometer simulations
In a new study Jule Radtke, Dr Cathy Hohenegger and Prof Thorsten Mauritsen have investigated the representation and climate feedback of trade-wind…
More accurate quantification of model-to-model agreement
In a new study scientists Dr Nicola Maher and Prof Jochem Marotzke from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in collaboration with Prof…
Predicting the global carbon cycle to support decision-making related to carbon management
In a recent study Dr. Tatiana Ilyina, Dr. Hongmei Li, Aaron Spring and Dr. Wolfgang Müller, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology,…