Sedimentation effects on stratocumulus lifetime more important than previously thought
Stratocumulus clouds are efficient in cooling the Earth’s atmosphere by reflecting incoming solar radiation back to space. However, predicting the…
Ocean modelling at MPI-M – from LSG to ICON-O
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) has a long tradition of creating general circulation models of the ocean in order to pursue its…
New method for evaluating Earth System Models
In a new study published in Climate of the Past and highlighted by the journal, Anne Dallmeyer, Victor Brovkin and Martin Claussen from the…
Facts as a political issue. Discussing science under pressure
On the subject of facts as a political issue. Discussing science under pressure, talk Prof Volker Heinz from the Institute of Cultural Studies in…
Increased AMOC slowdown in high-resolution models
Scientists from the department "The Ocean in the Earth System" at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) have shown in the Journal of…
Shifting winds weakened the recent Southern Ocean CO2 absorption
In a new study, Lydia Keppler and Dr Peter Landschützer from department “The Ocean in the Earth System” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology…
Cause for variability in Arctic sea ice clarified
Using extensive computer simulations, the scientists Dr Dirk Olonscheck, Dr Thorsten Mauritsen and Dr Dirk Notz from the Max Planck Institute for…
Contribution to understand the long‐term response of the ocean carbon cycle to climate change
In a new study in Geophysical Research Letters Dr Tatiana Ilyina and Dr Mathias Heinze from the department "The Ocean in the Earth System" at the Max…
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Minerva Fast Track and new group for Claudia Stephan
Beginning in May 2019 a new working group on cloud-wave coupling led by Dr Claudia Stephan has joined the department "The Atmosphere in the Earth…
New estimates of the future effect of air pollution on Earth´s radiation budget
Almost all IPCC scenarios for 2015 to 2100 show a reduction in the air pollution by anthropogenic aerosols for the future, but their effects on the…
Predicting the variable CO2 uptake by the ocean
The ocean CO2 uptake is predictable for two years in advance, according to new paper in Science Advances by Dr Hongmei Li, Dr Tatiana Ilyina, Dr…
Freshwater release and elevation loss affect climate during Heinrich events
A team of researchers around Dr. Florian Ziemen in the department "The Ocean in the Earth System" at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M)…