We were happy to welcome MSc and BSc students from Wageningen University & Research to the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg yesterday. 🌍

Through presentations on #ClimateModeling, ocean #biogeochemistry, and #cloud observations, the students got an inside look at our research. In small-group discussions with early-career scientists, they could also ask questions about PhDs and careers in #ClimateScience. We finished the visit with a rooftop view over Hamburg 📸
© M. Schulz, MPI-M

Summer Heat Hits Southeastern Australia

January brought blistering extremes Down Under as record temperatures scorched the nation’s southeast.

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Extreme January Cold

Following a significant winter storm, frigid temperatures lingered in late January 2026 across a vast swath of the U.S.

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🌿 Last week, the #MPIM hosted a colloquium on "Vegetation-Climate Interactions," celebrating the 70th birthday of our former director, Prof. Martin Claussen.
The symposium featured talks on the #GreenSahara, past #monsoons, tropical tree‑cover dynamics, and #ClimateModeling—all of which sparked lively discussions.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event truly memorable! 🥂
#ICON team earns international recognition in #HPC🏆👏
What an outstanding achievement! Using the ICON Earth system model, a team led by #MPIM + #DKRZ successfully simulated the full Earth system at an unprecedented grid spacing of 1.25 km. For this, they received the Gordon Bell Prize for #ClimateModeling, awarded at #SC25. The team also included experts from #JSC, #ETH Zurich, CSCS, #UHH, & #NVIDIA. We're thrilled, proud, & grateful for this wonderful recognition! 🎉
🔗 https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/communication/detail-view-news-homepage/icon-team-receives-international-recognition-for-groundbreaking-achievements-in-high-performance-computing
A team led by #MPIM & #DKRZ has received the prestigious HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award🏆, presented at the #SC25 conference in St. Louis, MO, US. It recognizes a simulation of the full Earth system with the #ICON model at 1.25-km resolution 🌐, which was carried out on the Alps & #exa_JUPITER supercomputers & achieved an unprecedented time compression of 145.7 simulated days per day. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! 🎉 #HPC #Supercomputing #ClimateModeling
🔗 https://www.hpcwire.com/2025-readers-editors-choice-top-hpc-enabled-scientific-achievement/