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Lennart Bengtsson is celebrating his 90th birthday

The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology congratulates its former director, Lennart Bengtsson, on his special day.

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Climate and Weather Extremes

Dr. Chao Li

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Quan Liu

Main courses: S_39 Generic Academic Skills WS 2021/2022 2 …

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Communication

Dr. Denise Müller-Dum PR and Communication Officer Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-387 denise.mueller-dum@mpimet.mpg.de Denise Müller-Dum The Communication Team is responsible for the internal and external communication of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and is the first contact for the public, press and media. We answer media inquiries, prepare scientific topics for the public and arrange interview partners. Michaela Born Web Page | Text Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-154 …

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Central IT

Contact Rainer Weigle Group leader Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-373 rainer.weigle@mpimet.mpg.de Helpdesk Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-361 help-it@mpimet.mpg.de Contact Central IT Services Central IT Services IT services are provided at MPI-M by the Central IT Services (CIS) group. The most important services of the Central IT Services are: Procurement, setup and management of IT hardware and software for both users (laptops, PCs) and infrastructure (servers, networks, etc.) Central user…

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More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

A dry landscape with cracked soils, a bridge leads across a river with very low water level.

Due to global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation, an atmospheric circulation pattern that strongly influences European weather, is becoming more extreme in the summer, according to a new study. The researchers found evidence of increasing variability in both model simulations as well as historical data, and warned of more frequent and intense weather extremes in Europe.

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Jin-Song von Storch elected into the European Academy of Sciences

The European Academy of Sciences has elected Jin-Song von Storch as a new member, thereby honoring the climate researcher's outstanding scientific achievements as well as her contributions to international scientific dialogue.

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Weather forecasting and climate modeling move closer together

round graphic in blue-green about the linking of ICON climate model components

The ICON model can be used for weather forecasting as well as climate predictions and long-term projections. So far, however, the different applications have been developed separately. An initiative that aims to bring the two closer together is now presenting first results.

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Recurring cases of Saharan and Sahelian greening over the past 800,000 years

Schematic representation of the Earth showing a simulated global vegetation cover

A humid climate in the Sahara and Sahel played a critical role in shaping the environment for early human settlement and migration. A new study provides a look into the regions’ distant past, re-vealing recurring cases of greening following Earth’s orbital cycles.

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Earth’s self-regulation is weaker than assumed

Schematic representation of the Earth with radiation intensity marked by different levels of red

Earth responds to temperature changes by emitting more or less thermal radiation into space. This mechanism, known as long-wave feedback, influences how strongly the planet responds to the increase in anthropogenic carbon dioxide. Using 30 years of reanalysis data, researchers have quantified the strength of this feedback for a cloud-free atmosphere based on long-term observations. The results suggest that the Earth is more sensitive to radiative forcing than previously thought.

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AMOC sensitivity to icebergs

AMOC sensitivity to iceberg forcings The last glacial cycle was characterized by a number of abrupt cooling events in the North Atlantic known as Heinrich events. Heinrich events are associated with massive ice sheet surges from the former Laurentide ice sheet and subsequent predominantly eastward transport of icebergs across the North Atlantic. Paleo records also indicate that ice discharge events coincided with a weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Typically,…

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Extreme Storm Floods

Past and Future Variability of Extreme Storm Floods in the southern North Sea The low-lying coasts of the southern North Sea are particularly exposed to extreme sea levels (ESL) in form of storm floods. Due to anthropogenic climate change, the risk of flooding is expected to increase in the future (IPCC, 2019). Adequate and timely coastal protection relies on estimates of expected heights and frequencies of such ESL events, particularly of the policy-relevant high-impact-low-probability…