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Delegation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences visits MPI-M

On the occasion of 50 years of collaboration between the Max Planck Society and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Chinese delegation is currently visiting the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, intensifying a long-standing important partnership.

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First-time explicit simulation of a tropical wind system in the upper atmosphere

A wind system in the tropical stratosphere that can influence the seasonal weather along many latitudes – the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) – could change in the course of global warming. However, the simulation of the QBO has so far been a weak point in many climate models, even for current climate conditions. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology have now tested a new approach to simulating the QBO with the high-resolution climate model ICON – with promising results.

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A new generation of models for kilometer-scale climate projections

Imagine a future where climate science offers the appropriate tools to predict and thus help mitigate the impacts of climate change. This future is within reach – with an array of advanced climate models that are currently being developed. The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology is at the forefront of these efforts: It coordinates and participates in a number of national and international projects that are paving the way toward a new quality of climate projections.

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Lennart Ramme receives Wladimir Köppen Award

Lennart Ramme, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, has been awarded the Wladimir Köppen Prize, endowed with 5000 euros, for his doctoral thesis. In his doctoral thesis, Ramme investigated the role of the ocean during an extreme climate change on Earth 635 million years ago.

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How to make climate adaptation a success

Two hands are holding a globe with five marked locations.

Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changing environmental conditions. But what really makes the difference is how they do it. The recently published Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024 by 73 authors shows that, in the long run, only sustainable adaptation can succeed. This global assessment by University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), to which scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology contributed, also provides…

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Solving the Pacific Puzzle: TROPICS workshop meets at MPI-M

Upon invitation by MPI-M Director Sarah Kang, world-renowned climate researchers are currently gathering at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, in order to strategize about how to answer some of the most pressing questions in climate research: What governs the sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific and how does this affect the regional and global climate?

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New study sinks an old theory for low-wind equatorial regions

MPI-M-researcher Julia Windmiller overturns a textbook explanation for the low wind speeds that tormented sailing ships in the tropics: Rather than resulting from rising air masses, they appear to be a created by large areas of sinking air in the tropics. The new study has now been published in the renowned journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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ORCESTRA: Half-time for the tropical cloud experiment

MPI-M researchers and their partner institutions are currently performing atmospheric measurements over the equatorial Atlantic with eight coordinated measurement campaigns. They want to find out what controls the structure of the tropical rain belt, how it will change in the future and what this means for weather patterns. A variety of state-of-the-art research platforms are being used for the measurements – from ships to satellites.

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Moritz Günther starts postdoctoral position in the German-Israeli Max Planck-Weizmann Programme

The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) is pleased to announce that Moritz Günther has started a 4-year postdoctoral position in the German-Israeli Max Planck-Weizmann Postdoctoral Programme. Together with Prof. Sarah Kang, Head of the Climate Dynamics Department and Director at MPI-M, and Prof. Yohai Kaspi, Department of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv, Israel, he will spend the next four years as a postdoc investigating how land-sea…

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WASCAL Master's Students Attend ORCESTRA Campaign on Climate Research

Five master's students from Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Benin, and Guinea, participating in the WASCAL program, had the unique opportunity to gain hands-on research experience during the ORCESTRA campaign. The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aims to strengthen scientific capacity in West Africa to address the challenges of climate change and sustainable land use.

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In years to come, the Arctic Ocean will absorb less CO2 than expected

We humans benefit from the oceans’ tremendous capacity to absorb greenhouse gases. Due to the low temperature of the water, the Arctic Ocean absorbs an especially large amount of CO2 in relation to its size. Due in part to climate change, this effect will be less pronounced in the future. A new study released by Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence CLICCS shows how much CO2 is released into the atmosphere in the Arctic Ocean by the erosion of coastal permafrost.

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ORCESTRA: Exploring Tropical Clouds and their Impact on Climate

The ORCESTRA started his performance on August 10th in Cap Verde. The PERCUSION gives the beat by flying back and forth across the belt of deep rain over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, while the MAESTRO directs his plane around fields of broken cumuli around Cap Verde to understand how convective storms form and organize. The maestro’s BOWTIE is travelling by ship from Cap Verde to Barbados scrutinizing those convective storms from below and their interactions with the ocean. From the orchestra’s…