Radiosonde measurements of the intertropical convergence zone
On 27 June 2021, the research vessel RV SONNE set off under the cruise guidance of Prof. Peter Brandt from GEOMAR in Kiel and co-leader Dr. Julia…
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Holocene vegetation transitions and their climatic drivers in MPI-ESM1.2
Do we understand the migration of global vegetation patterns over the last millennia during the transition from the mid Holocene some 8000 years ago…
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Curiosity Meets Discovery
It was our turn on 16 December 2021, and Prof. Bjorn Stevens held a talk about “Understanding Climate Science”.
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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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Award of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 to Klaus Hasselmann in Berlin
The wait is over: our founding director was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 in a ceremony at the Harnack House in Berlin on December 7, 2021.
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Predicting global warming: how water vapor affects the radiative forcing of CO2
In a new study in Geophysical Research Letters, Dr. Lukas Kluft, Dr. Sally Dacie, Prof. Dr. Bjorn Stevens (scientists at the Max Planck Institute for…
SC21 Best Visualization Award for MPI-M, DKRZ, University Stockholm, and Intel Corporation
A joint team of the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ), the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), the Stockholm University, and the Intel…
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Global Carbon Project: Tracking the fate of man-made CO2
After the global average of fossil carbon dioxide emissions dropped significantly in 2020, this year they are again approaching levels before the…
Humidity differences and their effect on the clear-sky radiation budget in global storm-resolving models
In a new study in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Theresa Lang, Dr. Ann Kristin Naumann, Prof. Bjorn Stevens and Prof. Stefan A.…
NextGEMS video clip release
NextGEMS is building prototypes for a new generation of Earth system models to advance science, guide policy, and inform applications to support the…
Nobel laureate and founding director Klaus Hasselmann on his 90th birthday
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hasselmann completed his 90th year of life on October 25, 2021. The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) warmly congratulates…
Tracking the fate of anthropogenic carbon in the ocean — Modeling the global 13C-Suess effect
Rising fossil-fuel CO2 emissions deplete the atmospheric concentrations of the heavy carbon isotope 13C. This phenomenon, called the 13C Suess…