The University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS – “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” has been honored for its pioneering research focus and awarded a further seven years of funding, as announced yesterday by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and German Science and Humanities Council (WR).
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The tropical Pacific not only impacts the weather in various regions of the world, but also determines the overall response of the climate system to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Thus, understanding the processes in this region is crucial for the development of medium- and long-term adaptation strategies. Currently, however, climate change in the tropical Pacific is unfolding in a way that climate researchers did not expect. But the working group of Sarah Kang, Director at the Max…
Researchers from around the globe gather, virtually and physically, for the first World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Km-Scale Hackathon, a coordinated effort to accelerate research using regional and global climate simulations at unprecedented kilometer-scale resolution. The event is taking place simultaneously at ten research institutions on five continents across nine time zones. The Hamburg node, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, kicked off on May 12, with more…
Stratospheric sulfate aerosol, as produced by large volcanic eruptions, cools the Earth and has been discussed as a climate engineering method. However, the understanding of how this aerosol affects the planet's radiation budget has been incomplete until now. Using a simple model, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology have broken down the key processes and shown that the cooling effect depends on the Earth’s surface temperature.
Hot summers in Europe can be better predicted if anomalies in the North Atlantic heat transport are properly taken into account, according to a study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. The new method can potentially be applied to decadal climate predictions to provide valuable information for specific user groups in the future.
American ecologist Camille Parmesan received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Climate Change and Environmental Sciences. The award recognizes Parmesan's pioneering work in demonstrating the geographic displacement of flora and fauna due to global warming, which has profound implications for public health, agriculture, and fisheries. The laureate was announced in April by Bjorn Stevens, chair of the selection committee and director at the Max Planck Institute…
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology celebrated its 50th anniversary with a festive symposium and a reception at Hamburg City Hall. In addition to institute members, guests from academia, politics, and the general public, as well as companions and supporters, attended the events.
Carbon dioxide removal techniques (CDR) address the root cause of climate change by removing CO2 from the atmosphere: e.g. technical capture of carbon from the atmosphere. ocean fertilization to enhance uptake by biological systems, increasing the alcalinity of the ocean or afforestation on land.
Carbon dioxide removal techniques (CDR)
Solar Radiation Management techniques (SRM) reflect sun light and heat back into space. They attempt to offset effects of increased greenhouse gas…
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My research interests encompass understanding the interaction between marine biogeochemical processes and the underlying physical conditions. My current focus is on quantifying the contribution of oceanic processes to the atmospheric CO2 rise during the last deglaciation (21,000 years ago to present) using the state-of-the-art Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM). For this, I have been improving the representation of the global ocean biogeochemical processes in…
