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| Silvia Kloster receives the first Klaus Hasselmann Postdoc Fellowship |
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| Symposium on land biosphere “TERRABITES“ from 9 to 11 February 2010 in Hamburg |
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| BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Prof. Dr. Klaus Hasselmann |
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| Humboldt Research Awardee Evgeni Fedorovich starts work in January |
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| Model U.N. Climate Change Conference at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology |
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| Biogeochemistry: Preindustrial carbon |
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| Do Dust Particles Curb Climate Change? |
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| Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health |
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| CLAVIER project - tackling climate change in Central and Eastern Europe |
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| Daniela Jacob appointed Professor at the University of Bergen |
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| 1. Climate Week/Climate Night in Hamburg: MPI-M and DKRZ present stand and climate globe |
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| Bjorn Stevens was appointed Professor at the University of Hamburg |
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| Science Express exhibition train from 30 August to 1 September 2009 in Hamburg – MPI-M showcases its exhibit “Future Climate“ |
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| Hui Wan receives Wladimir Peter Köppen Prize |
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| The climate 50 million years ago was warm and sensitive - Malte Heinemann is the 50th graduate of the IMPRS |
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| Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate: Barbados Field Study |
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| Grand Opening of the Klimahaus 8° East in Bremerhaven - MPI-M is scientific partner |
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| COSMOS: 7th General Assembly of Earth System Scientists in Berlin |
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| Heading north: Dirk Notz for international climate youth camp and scientific measurement programme in the Arctic |
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| Women in the Earth system sciences - discussion at ZMAW |
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| Jochem Marotzke is awarded Fridtjof Nansen Medal |
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| Science Express exhibition train to be launched by Chancellor Merkel |
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| Lennart Bengtsson receives Alfred Wegener Medal |
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| Representatives of the China Meteorological Administration visit the MPI-M |
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| Honorary Doctorate for Lennart Bengtsson |
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| President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences visits the MPI-M |
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| Guy Brasseur named External Scientific Member of the MPI-M |
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| Martin Claussen joins Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
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| Fridtjof Nansen Medal for Jochem Marotzke |
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| The green Sahara, a desert in bloom |
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| Honorary Doctorate for Hartmut Grassl |
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| Martin Claussen joins German Academy of Science and Engineering |
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| Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer was appointed Max Planck Fellow |
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| Bjorn Stevens new Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology |
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| Julia Pongratz receives Union Young Scientists’ Outstanding Poster Paper Award |
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| EPOCA: Ocean Acidification and its Consequences on Ecosystems |
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| Will global warming take a short break? |
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| Japanese and German Researchers Meet to Discuss Climate Change |
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| Lennart Bengtsson receives Swedish Rossby Prize 2007 |
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| Unique monitoring system for the Atlantic circulation proves its worth |
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| International Polar Year Sea-Ice Summer School on Spitsbergen |
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| Dirk Notz leads new Independent Junior Research Group |
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| Prof. Dr. Klaus Fraedrich has been appointed Max Planck Fellow |
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| Lennart Bengtsson Elected Honorary Member of the AMS |
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| Professor Lennart Bengtsson wins IMO prize |
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| Will Greenland Melting Halt the Thermohaline Circulation? |
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| New Junior Research Group on “Cloud-Climate-Feedbacks” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology |
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| Pollution Expected from Future Ship Traffic in the Arctic Northern Passages |
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| People want to be seen helping the climate |
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| Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark visits Hamburg's Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW) |
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| Guy Brasseur leaves Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg |
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| Weakened thermohaline circulation will increase snow cover over Europe |
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| Lennart Bengtsson received Descartes Research Prize 2005 |
Prof. Dr. Lennart Bengtsson, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, received the "Rene' Descartes Prize for Collaborative Research 2005" in London on the 2 December 2005. |
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| Klaus Hasselmann received Honour Medal of the University of Alcalá |
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hasselmann, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, received the Honour Medal Award from the Spanish University of Alcala' on the 22 November 2005. |
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| Break-through values achieved for databases, climate computing and grid technologies |
Record-breaking high-tech has been successfully employed in Earth System Science at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in Hamburg, Germany. more |
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| Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal for Erich Roeckner |
Dr. Erich Roeckner from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in Hamburg, Germany is the EGU’s Atmospheric Sciences Division’s Vilhelm Bjerknes Medallist 2006. The Medal is awarded since 1995 to remember the scientific work of Vilhelm Bjerknes. more |
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| Climate Change More Rapid than Ever |
Climate Change More Rapid than Ever, |
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| Imminent danger for marine organisms due to ocean acidification |
Every day, the average person on the planet burns enough fossil fuel to emit 11 kg of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, out of which 4 kg is then taken up by the ocean. more |
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| Martin Claussen succeeds Hartmut Graßl at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg |
Prof. Dr. Martin Claußen, former Managing Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor for Climate Physics at the Institute of Physics of the Potsdam University, succeeds Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl in the MPI-M Department “Land in the Earth System” and has taken office on October 1, 2005. His department covers both experimental and modelling activities. more |
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| Martin Claussen accepts position at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg |
Prof. Dr. Martin Claussen, at present Managing Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor for Climate Physics at the Institute of Physics of the Potsdam University, has accepted a position as professor at the Meteorological Institute (MI) of the University of Hamburg and as a director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M). more |
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| GEMS Project Starts in Hamburg |
Weather forecasts are performed routinely by most meteorological centres in the world, and provide to the public information on expected temperatures, precipitation, wind strengths on a daily basis. more |
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| Guy Brasseur Honorary Doctor in Paris |
Prof. Dr. Guy P. Brasseur, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, was awarded the title of honorary doctor of the University Pierre & Marie Curie in Paris on June 14, 2005. more |
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| „John“ Schellnhuber elected to the US National Academy of Sciences |
Professor Hans Joachim (“John”) Schellnhuber, external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Scientific Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, was recently elected to the US National Academy of Sciences as foreign associate. more |
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| COSMOS: International Workshop on Earth System Science in Lüneburg |
80 scientists from Europe, Japan and the USA will attend an annual meeting in Lüneburg. more |
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| German-British Project for Investigation of the “Gulf Stream” |
Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in Hamburg, Germany, has recently returned from a research cruise on a British research vessel (“Charles Darwin”), which was involved in investigating the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic. more |
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| Workshop on "Climate Scenarios for the Future and their Use for Impact Studies" |
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| Investigation of the global distribution of persistent pollutants: The grasshopper effect |
Which processes control the global distribution of persistent organic substances in air, water, soils and along food chains? more |
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| Jochem Marotzke Speaker of ZMAW |
The Managing Director of the MPI-M, Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke, has been elected as Speaker of the Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Research (ZMAW) at the ZMAW coordination committee meeting on February 14, 2005 for a term of three years. more |
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| Baltic Sea Meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology |
About 30 scientists involved in Baltic Sea research meet on Monday, 28 February 2005, at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, to finalise their project within the German climate research programme DEKLIM. more |
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| First Model Simulations for the New IPCC Report Completed |
The first model simulations for the fourth IPCC Report – scheduled for early 2007 – have been successfully completed by scientists from Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the Group “Model and Data” at the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ). more |
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| Guy Brasseur New AGU Fellow |
Prof. Dr. Guy P. Brasseur, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, has been elected AGU Fellow by the Fellows Committee of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) on 15 January 2005, together with 42 other AGU members. more |
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| Proceedings to Workshop "Hydrogen Energy - Chances and Risks for the Environment" available |
In order to discuss the most pressing research needs and structure the research activities regarding the environmental impact of large-scale hydrogen use in Europe, a workshop was held at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany on Dec. 16 and 17, 2004. more |