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🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

MPI für Meteorologie 6d ago

☀️🌙 40 days & nights in the Atlantic ITCZ 🌧️🌊 How do convective storm dynamics & the ocean surface interact to shape Earth's most important rain belt, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)? A new study from #MPIM's researcher Daniel Klocke & colleagues details the BOWTIE campaign, a 40-day expedition in the tropical Atlantic gathering unique data on convective storms, boundary-layer processes, & ocean variability aboard the RV Meteor. 🚢📄 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0166.1 #ClimateScience #ITCZ ©️ T.Vostry

MPI für Meteorologie 6d ago

Congratulations to Irina Sandu on her appointment as Deputy Director General & Director of Science and Innovation at #ECMWF. Over the years, we've had the honor of working with Irina on multiple occasions: She was a Humboldt fellow at #MPIM from 2008–2010, coordinated @nextgems_eu with our director, Bjorn Stevens, & is leading the Destination Earth initiative, in which we are involved.

Congratulations also to Jørn Kristiansen, who was appointed Deputy Director-General & Director of Forecasts!👏

MPI für Meteorologie Jun 15

🌊 What will the future of the maritime sector look like with the ocean under pressure?

📻 In the latest episode of the "Maritime Matters" podcast, produced by the German Maritime Centre, our director Jochem Marotzke discusses the ocean's role as a climate buffer, the uncertainties of forecasts, & the potential changes to major ocean circulation systems. 🌀

🔗 https://dmz-maritim.de/en/maritime-matters-episode-10-the-oceans-role-in-maritime-futures/

#Ocean #ClimateScience #MPIM

Credit: D. Ausserhofer

MPI für Meteorologie Jun 11

🚴 From June 4 to 24, the #MPIM, MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, & the MPI for Comparative and International Private Law are teaming up for the #Stadtradeln city cycling event! Can we top last year's performance? Our researcher Malena Andernach and her colleagues are already adding miles to the tally!

💪💭 Wish us luck as we cycle for the climate & aim for new distances! 🚲💨
Is your company participating in the event?

#TeamWork #Hamburg

MPI für Meteorologie May 6

🧳 🌏 Last month, a delegation from #MPIM and #DKRZ visited key research partners in Singapore, Shanghai, & Beijing.🇸🇬🇨🇳 The trip highlighted strong synergies and laid the groundwork for future collaboration in #ClimateModeling, impact assessment, and #AI-driven innovation.🧠 It reinforced the value of sustained partnerships in advancing climate research and supporting societal resilience—and of science in connecting people from different parts of the world. 💫
#ClimateScience #ScienceDiplomacy

MPI für Meteorologie May 5

🎶 Music to our ears: ORCESTRA paper published!

🌦️ In 2024, the ORCESTRA field campaign examined #cloud organization in the tropical Atlantic using 3 research aircraft, ✈️ 2 ground stations, 📡 a research vessel, ⛴️ & the #EarthCARE satellite.🛰️ #MPIM director Bjorn Stevens et al. provide an overview of the campaign’s objectives, strategy, & implementation, & offer a glimpse into ongoing analyses: 🔗 https://tellusjournal.org/articles/10.16993/tellus.4123

CC BY 4.0 Stevens et al. 2026

#ClimateScience

MPI für Meteorologie Apr 13

🌏Global climate change influences the presence of lakes in Arctic permafrost landscapes. These so-called thermokarst lakes are a source of methane and influence hydrology & energy exchange. But how can these small, heterogenous features be represented in Earth system models? A new #MPIM study by Constanze Reinken et al. finds that an approach that uses probabilities 🎲 is promising. However, more 🛰️data is urgently needed for calibration.
📖https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/20/1967/2026/
Credit: Ingmar Nitze/AWI Potsdam

MPI für Meteorologie Apr 10

🎉 Yesterday was a special day for our latest graduates Clara Bayley, Jacqueline Behncke, Lucas Casaroli, Abisha Gnanaraj, Zoi Kourkouraidou, Quan Liu, Angel Peinado, Raphael Pistor, Constanze Reinken, and Arim Yoon, as we celebrated their completion of the #IMPRS-ESM program! During a special ceremony, our Director Sarah Kang presented them with their transcript of records. The #MPIM is proud to have supported them & their research and looks forward to their future successes! 🥂👏

MPI für Meteorologie Apr 9

🎉 Announcing a new group leader at #MPIM!

🌦️ As of this month, Wei-Ting Hsiao is leading the new "Weather-Climate Interaction" group in director Sarah Kang's department. The group will explore the crucial link between #weather & #climate. Using the #ICON climate model, the group will investigate this 2-way relationship, with an initial focus on tropical convection, clouds & the Walker Circulation. 🔎

Welcome to Hamburg, Wei-Ting! We’re excited to have you on board! ⛵