What the development of global climate models at the km-scale teaches us about tropical convection
Accurately capturing location, diurnal as well as seasonal variability of the tropical rainbelt, over land and over ocean, has remained beyond reach…
Climate researcher for a day: Girls'Day at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, together with the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) and the University of Hamburg, is once again…
Component concurrency increases the parallel efficiency of Earth system models
In a recent study in the journal of Geoscientific Model Development Leonidas Linardakis and his colleagues demonstrate how coarse-grained component…
How ice rises and rumples affect the Antarctic ice sheet
In a study in The Cryosphere, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology examined the effect of basal friction and sea level variation…
The first release of ICON-Sapphire, targeting simulations of the Earth System at kilometer scale
Do thunderstorms in the atmosphere affect the meandering of ocean currents? What is the effect of ocean eddies on the carbon budget? Investigating…
Social change more important than physical tipping points
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg’s…
Chetankumar Jalihal continues his research as a Humboldt Fellow
Dr Chetankumar Jalihal, a postdoc at MPI, successfully applied for a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral scientists. Since January 2023, he…
One more ICON milestone reached
In a joint publication whose author list comprises a substantial fraction of all scientists of the department “The Ocean in the Earth System” at the…
When sediment samples reveal the past’s secrets: James Zachos and Ellen Thomas win BBVA Climate Change Award
This year’s recipients of the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change Category are paleoclimatologists Prof. James Zachos (University…
Chenbo Guo becomes head of administration at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Chenbo Guo took over the position of head of administration at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) from her predecessor Reiner Letscher…
Florian Schütte appointed junior professor at GEOMAR
Dr. Florian Schütte, scientist in the department “Ocean in the Earth System” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, will become junior…
Revisiting the Blue Marble: ICON simulating the coupled climate system at 1 km
The early 1970s is often associated with the birth of the modern environmental movement. In 1970 the first Earth day was celebrated, and Greenpeace…