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Large-scale research project PalMod: What have we learned?

The PalMod project (short for paleo-modeling), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), investigates the climate system and its variability during the last glacial cycle using complex Earth system models. However, in such models, some components, such as ice shields, are usually prescribed and are not computed interactively, i.e., they do not adjust to the modeled climate. While such an approximation is quite suitable for short simulations of several decades, it…

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Federal Minister Stark-Watzinger visits MPI-M and DKRZ

An autumn tour of Germany's scientific landscape also took the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, to Hamburg on October 25, 2022 to the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ).

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The conundrum of forest expansion after the last ice age

How fast the Northern Hemisphere forest macro ecosystem tracks strongly warming climates such as projected for the near future is largely unknown. In a recent study published in Nature Communication, scientists investigated the Northern Hemisphere forest expansion after the last glacial maximum. They compared a new synthesis of pollen-based reconstructions and a climate model simulation of the last 22,000 years. In the process, they discovered a difference of several thousand years in the…

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International Office

The housing market situation in Hamburg is very tight, unfortunately - finding affordable housing, especially in popular neighborhoods, is difficult. For this reason, we recommend that you start looking for accommodation well in advance of your planned arrival. Sometimes housing opportunities arise only very spontaneously, this is not always foreseeable. Unfortunately, our MPI-M does not have its own guest house or guest apartments, so that the free housing market has to be explored when…

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Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees Contact Dr. Ulrike Kirchner Research Coordination and Communication Phone: +49 (0)40 41173-235 ulrike.kirchner@mpimet.mpg.de Contact The Board of Trustees is an independent body that advises our institute on relevant issues of science policy and society, supports it in important matters, and mediates and promotes contact with the city of Hamburg, the region and other parts of society. The members of our Board of Trustees are high-ranking…

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Scientific Advisory Board

Scientific Advisory Board Scientific Advisory Board Contact Dr. Ulrike Kirchner Research Coordinator Phone: +49 (0)40 41173-235 ulrike.kirchner@mpimet.mpg.de Contact The Scientific Advisory Board is an independent body of experts and the most important instrument of scientific evaluation for each Max Planck Institute. Such evaluations are essential to ensure the high quality of scientific research and the success-oriented use of research funds at the Max Planck Institutes in the long…

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Workshop

Through this workshop, the institute has access to the full spectrum of machines that is necessary to handle all major metal, plastic, and wood work, including digitally controlled high precision machinery. Many measurement devices required for research projects of the institute are not commercially available. Therefore, they must be produced in the institute, requiring a well-equipped workshop and highly qualified staff. Highly precise instruments are built in co-operation with…

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Structure of the institute

Ombudspersons Marco Giorgetta Phone: +49 (0)40 41173-358 marco.giorgetta@mpimet.mpg.de Johann Jungclaus Phone: +49 (0)40 41173-109 johann.jungclaus@mpimet.mpg.de Further information relating to the topic: Good Scientific Practice Ombudspersons Equal Opportunity Officers Lara Wallberg Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-317 lara.wallberg@mpimet.mpg.de Olga Palienko Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-296 olga.palienko@mpimet.mpg.de Lin Lin Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-162 lin.lin@mpimet.mpg.de Further…

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Technical milestone reached: global Earth system simulations with 1.2 km resolution

Figure: Global 1.2 km ICON-ESM simulation with zoom on the Agulhas stream

The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) has opened a new chapter in Earth System Modelling that has been a dream for climate scientists and seemed very distant for ages.

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Earth´s orbit and greenhouse gas concentrations influence African humid periods

Savannah with mountains of Ennedi Plateau in the background

In a new study, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology have investigated what caused African humid periods to vary in duration and strength in the past. They found that changes in the Earth´s orbit are the most important factor and that there is a critical threshold that affects the onset of a greening Sahara. This threshold for the onset of an African humid period also varies with greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere: At a higher greenhouse gas concentration, the…

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One of a kind in Germany: New high-performance computer for Earth system research inaugurated

Photo: Supercomputer Levante in bluish light

A new supercomputer named “Levante” was inaugurated at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) on 22 September 2022. For the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, it represents the essential research infrastructure for climate modeling. The supercomputer is virtually the laboratory and main tool of the researchers and thus of utmost importance for cutting-edge research. The new high-performance computer system is about 5 times more powerful than its predecessor and opens up new perspectives…

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Federal Order of Merit for Klaus Hasselmann

Photo: Award of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Prof. Dr. Klaus Hasselman

Prof. Klaus Hasselmann, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and Nobel Laureate in Physics 2021, was honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin on September 2, 2022. He receives the award for his services to climate research. The MPI-M is pleased with him and congratulates him warmly.