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…
New working group on modelling human-environmental interactions in the Anthropocene (HERMITIAN)
At the end of October 2020, the German Committee Future Earth (DKN) approved Prof. Julia Pongratz and Prof. Victor Brovkin to establish a working…
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Substantial biases persist in CMIP6 simulations of tropical precipitation
A group of scientists mostly from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) studied the representation of tropical precipitation by models…
The added value of hecto and kilometer scales for climate simulation
A new study by Bjorn Stevens et al. in the Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan describes the added value of kilometer (convective storm…
DYAMOND – Next Generation Climate Models
At a very basic level the main job of the climate system is to redistribute energy, specifically solar energy that is received from the sun is…
A CERN for Climate Change
In a Perspective article appearing in this week's Proceedings of the (USA) National Academy of Science (PNAS), Prof Tim Palmer (University of Oxford,…
Gravity waves in convection-permitting simulations
In a new study published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Dr Claudia Stephan and Dr Hauke Schmidt from the department “The Atmosphere in…
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 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…
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)…
Conceptual modeling at MPI-M
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) develops complex Earth system and climate models. To investigate and understand processes, the…
More peat carbon in warm climates
In a ground-breaking study Dr Thomas Kleinen and Prof. Victor Brovkin from the Department "The Land in the Earth System" at the Max Planck Institute…