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Julia Windmiller is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University
Julia Windmiller was appointed to the position of senior lecturer at Monash University in Australia, where she will study the interaction between…
Climate Models With High Resolution in the Ocean Can Better Represent European Heat Waves
The North Atlantic significantly influences the weather in Europe. For instance, a cold spell in the subpolar North Atlantic can lead to a heat wave…
Deforestation Leads to More Extreme Weather Events in the Amazon Region
If the Amazon rainforest were completely cleared, extreme precipitation, heat stress, and high wind speeds would occur more frequently. This is the…
Stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet: When the Ice Loss Becomes Irreversible
In a pre-industrial climate, the Greenland Ice Sheet can take on four different steady states, as demonstrated by simulations using a fully-coupled…
New Generation of Climate Models Sheds First Light on Long-Standing Pacific Puzzle
Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean accompanying global warming.…
Tatiana Ilyina Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Tatiana Ilyina has been appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen. The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology,…
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PhD positions in Climate Research - Annual Call 2026 open 1 July to 15 September
The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM) is a structured, interdisciplinary and international program for graduate students who want to earn a PhD degree. The aim of our doctoral program is to advance our understanding of processes and dynamics in the Earth system as well as predictive capabilities.
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 was founded in 1971. In March 1972 the Club of Rome published its influential report entitled the “limits of growth”. The growing environmental consciousness was ...
