International climate and sustainability researchers have visited the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the German Climate Computing Center. The meeting was part of a trip through Germany in the scope of the introductory seminar for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Climate Protection Fellows.
MPI-M Director Jochem Marotzke shares his assessment of what the Trump administration's policies mean for national and international climate research and climate protection.
What's next for climate modeling? Five internationally recognized female scientists have joined forces to come up with an answer. They argue: Instead of picking just one path, climate research should integrate multiple approaches.
A lot has happened in climate research since the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology was founded 50 years ago. Activities at the Institute have always helped define the evolving frontiers of the field. Thus, a look at the Institute’s history provides a good overview of climate research over the past half century.
How tiny plastic particles enter the atmosphere is an important question, as airborne microplastics are a potential health threat. Using a global chemical transport model, researchers have provided evidence that, contrary to previous claims, the ocean is not a major source of microplastics to the atmosphere, but a significant sink.
Three new working groups recently established at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) are tackling cutting-edge issues in climate research. Each based in one of MPI-M’s three departments, the groups are led by internationally recognized researchers, further strengthening the institute’s links with the global climate science community.
A major motor for the global climate is beginning to falter: a massive system of ocean currents called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which also includes the Gulf Stream. As a new study conducted by experts at the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology shows, a weaker AMOC could produce long-term costs amounting to several trillion euros by the year 2100.
The Walker circulation, an atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics, has accelerated in recent years, puzzling climate scientists who had anticipated the opposite. Researchers have found out why by revealing the competing effects between the global warming and sea surface temperature pattern effect.
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