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Atmospheric data treasure for the trade wind region collected, processed, and made available
Thirteen scientists from Germany, France and the United States collaborated to collect measurements and process them into a dataset that provides a…
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Do clouds amplify global warming? EUREC4A field study tests hypothesized mechanisms
The science guiding the field campaign EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate) and its measurements is presented in…
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Earth’s albedo and its symmetry
In an article appearing in AGU Advances, Dr. George Datseris and Prof. Bjorn Stevens provide an analysis of the Earth’s albedo, its surprising…
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…
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Past abrupt changes provide evidence of cascading tipping points and ‘early warning signals’ in the Earth system
Can climate change result in a collapse in parts of the Earth system, what impacts would these events have on society, and can they be predicted? In…
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The observed impact of mesoscale vertical motion on tropical clouds
A recent study by Geet George, Bjorn Stevens (both from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) and Marcus Klingebiel (now at Leipzig University)…
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Waves and coherent flows in the tropical atmosphere: new opportunities, old challenges
In a review article appearing in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Dr. Claudia Stephan (Max Planck Institute for…
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Exploiting large ensembles for a better yet simpler climate model evaluation
In a new study, Dr. Laura Suarez, Dr. Sebastian Milinski and Dr. Nicola Maher evaluate which models best capture the real-world climate with its…
Cathy Hohenegger successfully habilitated at Universität Hamburg
Dr. Cathy Hohenegger, scientist and leader of the group “Precipitating Convection” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), was awarded…
Julia Windmiller co-leads the atmospheric measurements on board RV SONNE
On 27 June 2021, after a 10-day quarantine of the participants, the RV SONNE will set off from Emden under the cruise guidance of Prof. Peter Brandt…
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…