Cloud Clustering Causes More Extreme Rain
New climate model shows more extreme rainfall in the tropics with increased temperatures.
How a volcanic water vapor cloud influences its own transport through the stratosphere
Dr. Ulrike Niemeier and her co-authors have successfully simulated the transport of a volcanic water vapor cloud through the stratosphere. The…
Weather and Climate Model ICON published under Open Source License
The scientific and research community in Germany and Switzerland is setting a milestone in climate and weather research: Since January 31, 2024, the…
Berlin Summit for EVE — Summit Statement
The summary statement of the Berlin Summit for Earth Virtualization Engines (EVE) issues an impassioned call for international cooperation to advance…
The Berlin Summit for EVE: Toward closing the climate information gap
Never before in millions of years has our planet warmed so rapidly as today. A deeply concerning manifestation of this change is the world’s recent…
WarmWorld project at full speed
With the first day of spring we also kick off the full module-team of the BMBF-funded WarmWorld project. Within this project, the Max Planck…
Component concurrency increases the parallel efficiency of Earth system models
In a recent study in the journal of Geoscientific Model Development Leonidas Linardakis and his colleagues demonstrate how coarse-grained component…
Technical milestone reached: global Earth system simulations with 1.2 km resolution
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…
One of a kind in Germany: New high-performance computer for Earth system research inaugurated
A new supercomputer named “Levante” was inaugurated at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) on 22 September 2022. For the Max Planck Institute…
The Future of Climate Modeling — the Kilometer Scale
Climate change poses new questions for climate science; questions that cannot be answered by the present generation of climate models. There is no…
New high-performance computer for Germany´s climate science
On March 03, 2022, the new high-performance computer system for Earth system research "Levante" started its operation at the German Climate Computing…
Supercomputing 2020 keynote talk: "Climate Science in the Age of Exascale" by Bjorn Stevens
With introduction by SC20 General Chair Christine E. Cuicchi, view the keynote talk at “SC20: The International Conference for High Performance…