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Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate: Barbados Field Study

Science
Atmosphere
Project
30. 06. 2009

Climate science, particularly climate prediction, has been stymied by difficult and longstanding problems – mostly related to clouds. Through the present day, our poor understanding of how clouds might change with their...

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Grand Opening of the Klimahaus 8° East in Bremerhaven – MPI-M is scientific partner

26. 06. 2009

On 25 June 2009 the Klimahaus 8° East in Bremerhaven was inaugurated. Together with 1000 invited guests the creators of the Klimahaus, the mayors of Bremerhaven and Bremen as well as the guest of honour Bob Geldof celebrated...

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Heading north: Dirk Notz for international climate youth camp and scientific measurement programme in the Arctic

Science
Ocean
22. 06. 2009

Two different projects will take Dr. Dirk Notz of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) to the Arctic in the next few months: In Iceland’s Húsavík, 50 km south of the polar circle, he will support the „Ice...

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COSMOS: 7th General Assembly of Earth System Scientists in Berlin

Science
Project
18. 06. 2009

From 15 to 17 June 2009 70 scientists from eleven European countries met in Berlin for the annual General Assembly of the COSMOS network and exchanged the latest research results. The „Community Earth System Models“ (COSMOS)...

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