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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,…
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Meteorological Society of Japan Publication Award for HD(CP)2 Added Value Paper
A group of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) were recognized for their co-authorship of the paper "The added value of…
Variability of the Earth system over the last 8000 years
After the peak of the last ice age about 21,000 years ago, the great ice masses that had covered large parts of North America and northern Europe…