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Who can apply? PhD-level researchers from outside Germany with expertise in the fields of Meteorology, Oceanography, Physics, Mathematics, Geosciences or related disciplines. Please note that successful candidates are expected to have excellent communication skills in English. Who can apply? How to apply? Our guests are always linked to one of MPI-M's research groups. Thus, before applying for the stipend program please get in touch with the respective group leader of the group you intend…

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Successful completion of apprenticeship at the institute: Olaf Mantz-Hansen wins 2nd state prize in the field of precision mechanics.

Olaf Mantz-Hansen has successfully completed the 2023 journeyman’s examination as a precision mechanic, specializing in the field of high-precision mechanics, coming 2nd in Hamburg. The now former apprentice of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) needs a truly fine hand for his tasks as a high-precision mechanic. Olaf Mantz-Hansen was able to use and perfect his affinity for precision during his 3.5-year apprenticeship at the MPI-M workshop.

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Tatiana Ilyina new professor at Universität Hamburg and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon

Prof. Tatiana Ilyina, scientist and group leader of the Ocean Biogeochemistry group at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), was recently appointed a professorship at Universität Hamburg and Hemlholtz-Zentrum Hereon. She will continue to lead her research group at MPI-M. The institute congratulates her warmly on this further successful step in her career.

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When Neptune nudges dominoes: How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks

Fotocredit: Anatolii Chernov (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu), CC BY-ND 3.0

A study by Kang et al. proposes a new hypothesis for the anomalous slowdown in the rate of average global surface warming between 1979 and 2013. Often attributed to La Niña-like Pacific sea surface temperature trends, the scientists propose that an observed Southern Ocean cooling may have partially contributed to more negative global climate feedbacks, which reduce global warming, in that period. This effect should be accounted for in coupled atmosphere–ocean global climate models as it has an…

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Sarah M. Kang appointed as new director at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Prof. Sarah M. Kang joins the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) as a director on 15 August 2023. Prof. Kang joins the MPI-M from the Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea, where she is a professor.

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My long-term goal at the institute is to better understand how physical processes, particularly clouds and convection, determine the behavior and sensitivity of the climate system. Probably one of the most important influences on our global and regional climate is the planetary albedo. What is it that determines the distribution of clouds and thus the planetary albedo? How variable can cloud distributions be? How do clouds and moisture processes perturb the system? Modern simulation and…