A curious symmetry in the distribution of tropical precipitation
A curious symmetry in the distribution of tropical precipitation is that it rains as much over land as it does over the ocean, in both cases about 3…
The Future of Climate Modeling — the Kilometer Scale
Climate change poses new questions for climate science; questions that cannot be answered by the present generation of climate models. There is no…
Tatiana Ilyina successfully habilitated at Universität Hamburg
Dr. Tatiana Ilyina, scientist and leader of the group “Ocean Biogeochemistry” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), was awarded her…
New book about Klaus Hasselmann
The book “From decoding turbulence to unveiling the fingerprint of climate change: Klaus Hasselmann-Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 2021” has recently…
Leading global climate scientists call for global partnership to predict rainfall futures and tackle climate change more effectively
Nine of the world´s leading climate scientists are calling for major international investment to develop a new generation of climate models that can…
How katabatic storms in southeast Greenland form dense water in the Irminger Sea
In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Dr. Oliver Gutjahr (Universität Hamburg, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M))…
Project EERIE: Ocean eddies for better climate projections
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) is successfully involved in the new EU project EERIE (European Eddy-RIch Earth system models).…
Max Born Medal for Hartmut Grassl
Prof. Hartmut Grassl was awarded the Max Born Medal at the annual meeting of the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) for his services to the…
Atmospheric energy spectra in global kilometre-scale models
Dr. Claudia Stephan (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) and her colleagues Dr. Julia Duras, Dr. Lucas Harris, Dr. Daniel Klocke, Dr. William M.…
How close are we to 1.5 °C or 2 °C of global warming?
In a publication in Weather, a journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Prof. Jochem Marotzke (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology), Dr.…
How close are we to 1.5 °C or 2 °C of global warming?
In a publication in Weather, a journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Prof. Jochem Marotzke (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology), Dr.…
The first version of the ICON Earth System Model
A team of researchers around Dr. Johann Jungclaus from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) has published a paper in the Journal of…