Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century: EU project launch of “PAGE21"
What happens when the vast amounts of carbon stored in Arctic soils are released into the atmosphere? This is the central question of a newly launched EU project named "PAGE21" which brings together field researchers,...
WATCH Project: Researchers Put New Spin on World's Water Cycle
The final report of the Water and Global Change programme (WATCH), an extensive analysis of the world's water resources, was made available on 13 October 2011, significantly expanding our understanding of climate change and land...
Barbados measuring station up and running
Within four strength-sapping weeks MPI-M’s working group „Observations and Process Studies”, based in the department “The Atmosphere in the Earth System”, set-up, and began operating a cloud measuring station on the Caribbean...
CLAVIER project - tackling climate change in Central and Eastern Europe
In the CLAVIER project (Climate Change and Variability: Impact on Central and Eastern Europe) an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers was investigating possible impacts of climate change on Central and...
Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate: Barbados Field Study
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...
COSMOS: 7th General Assembly of Earth System Scientists in Berlin
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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