Weather, Extremes & Atmosphere

Weather, Extremes & Atmosphere

What happens high up in the sky affects everyone’s life down on the ground. This is one of our research topics.

The extra amount of energy from solar radiation trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels affects numerous most relevant processes in atmosphere and weather patterns – from heat and droughts to rain and floods. Weather extremes are increasing. Our climate changes, a climate which has been remarkably stable during millennia of human civilization. Earth system science disentangling the mechanisms at work is the very foundation for assessing the risks.

People

Giorgia Di Capua
Working Group Leader
Earth System Analysis
Atmosphere RD1 - Earth System Analysis Asia Monsoon Extremes
Christian Otto
Working Group Leader
Transformation Pathways
Complex Networks Nonlinear Dynamics RD3 - Transformation Pathways Economics Climate impacts Acclimate Attribution Extremes Agent-based Models Qualitative Methods
Niklas Boers
Working Group Leader
Complexity Science
Complex Networks Nonlinear Data Analysis Nonlinear Dynamics Atmosphere FutureLab - Artificial Intelligence in the Anthropocene Tipping Elements Paleoclimate Monsoon Machine Learning Extremes RD4 - Complexity Science
Inga Sauer
Working Group Leader
Transformation Pathways
RD3 - Transformation Pathways Climate impacts Global Attribution Extremes
Katja Frieler
Head of Research Department
Transformation Pathways
RD3 - Transformation Pathways Food / Agriculture Climate impacts Global 1.5/2°C limit Transfer (Knowledge/Technology) Model Intercomparison Attribution Extremes Adaptation
Georg Feulner
Deputy Head of Research Department
Earth System Analysis
Biodiversity POEM Planetary Boundaries CLIMBER Atmosphere RD1 - Earth System Analysis Tipping Elements Paleoclimate Oceans
Anders Levermann
Head of Research Department
Complexity Science
Complex Networks Economics Tipping Elements Global Climate impacts Ice PISM-PIK Monsoon Acclimate Extremes Agent-based Models Sea-level Rise RD4 - Complexity Science Weather
Wolfgang Lucht
Head of Research Department
Earth System Analysis
Ecosystems LPJmL Global Commons Global Policy Advice Climate Policy Nonlinear Data Analysis Biodiversity RD1 - Earth System Analysis Transfer (Knowledge/Technology) copan:CORE Atmosphere Germany 1.5/2°C limit Sustainable Development CO2 Removal Europe Land Use POEM Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements
Stefan Rahmstorf
Head of Research Department
Earth System Analysis
POEM Atmosphere RD1 - Earth System Analysis Tipping Elements Global Paleoclimate Oceans Extremes Sea-level Rise
Jacob Schewe
FutureLab Leader
Working Group Leader
Transformation Pathways
FutureLab - Security, Ethnic Conflicts and Migration RD3 - Transformation Pathways Security / Migration Freshwater Global Climate impacts Monsoon Model Intercomparison Extremes
Norbert Marwan
Deputy Head of Research Department
Complexity Science
Complex Networks Nonlinear Data Analysis Nonlinear Dynamics Tipping Elements Paleoclimate Extremes RD4 - Complexity Science
Carolin Grumbach
Doctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
RD3 - Transformation Pathways Climate impacts Attribution Extremes Sea-level Rise
Svetlana Botsyun
Scientist
Earth System Analysis
POEM Planetary Boundaries Atmosphere Lab - Planetary Boundaries Science RD1 - Earth System Analysis Global Paleoclimate Asia Monsoon Europe
Yinglin Tian
Postdoctoral Researcher
Earth System Analysis
Atmosphere RD1 - Earth System Analysis Attribution Extremes Adaptation Weather
Stefan Liersch
Senior Scientist
Climate Resilience
Mitigation Freshwater RD2 - Climate Resilience Food / Agriculture Climate impacts Africa Sustainable Development Energy Extremes Adaptation
Jürgen Kurths
Senior Scientist
Complexity Science
Complex Networks Health Asia South America Nonlinear Data Analysis North America Oceans Arctic / Antarctica Nonlinear Dynamics Open Source Software Atmosphere Germany Climate impacts Paleoclimate Sustainable Development Machine Learning Oceania/Australia Europe Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements Brandenburg Energy RD4 - Complexity Science Weather
Kilian Kuhla
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways , Transformationspfade
Complex Networks Economics Food / Agriculture Climate impacts Acclimate Extremes Agent-based Models Qualitative Methods
Jonas Jägermeyr
Senior Scientist
Climate Resilience
Planetary Boundaries LPJmL Food / Agriculture RD2 - Climate Resilience Global Climate impacts Model Intercomparison Sustainable Development Extremes Adaptation
Philipp Hess
Postdoctoral Researcher
Complexity Science
Extremes Machine Learning Weather
Jens Heinke
Postdoctoral Researcher
Climate Resilience
Ecosystems LPJmL Freshwater RD2 - Climate Resilience Food / Agriculture Global MAgPIE Climate impacts Extremes
Markus Drüke
Scientist
Earth System Analysis
Biodiversity POEM Planetary Boundaries LPJmL RD1 - Earth System Analysis Tipping Elements Climate impacts Global Extremes South America Land Use
Jonathan Donges
Senior Scientist
Complex Networks Global PISM-PIK Decarbonization Nonlinear Data Analysis RD1 - Earth System Analysis Ice copan:CORE Nonlinear Dynamics Open Source Software Security / Migration Paleoclimate Sustainable Development Machine Learning Extremes Agent-based Models POEM Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements Science Unit - Earth Resilience (ERSU)
Dominik Paprotny
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
Europe RD3 - Transformation Pathways Quantitative Methods Extremes
Iulii Didovets
Postdoctoral Researcher
Climate Resilience
Freshwater RD2 - Climate Resilience Climate impacts Africa Asia SWIM Extremes Europe
Cornelia Auer
Senior Scientist
Policy Unit
Mitigation FutureLab - Security, Ethnic Conflicts and Migration Nonlinear Dynamics RD3 - Transformation Pathways Open Source Software Climate impacts REMIND Energy Extremes
Sophie von Loeben
Scientist
Climate Resilience
Food / Agriculture RD2 - Climate Resilience Africa Extremes Climate Policy Adaptation
Stefanie Heinicke
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
RD3 - Transformation Pathways Food / Agriculture Global Climate impacts Model Intercomparison Extremes
Shraddha Gupta
Postdoctoral Researcher
Complexity Science
Complex Networks Nonlinear Data Analysis Nonlinear Dynamics Global Asia Monsoon Model Intercomparison CO2 Removal Extremes RD4 - Complexity Science Land Use
Ottmar Edenhofer
Global Commons Atmosphere Economics Germany Carbon Pricing Europe Climate Policy Director Edenhofer
Dánnell Quesada Chacón
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
Biodiversity RD3 - Transformation Pathways Climate impacts Machine Learning Extremes
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Publications

Projecting Future Flood Losses to Company Assets in Europe: The Role of Precautionary Measures
Earth's Future
Devadas, Bhadra, Paprotny, Dominik, Kreibich, H...
PseudospectralNet: Toward Hybrid Atmospheric Models for Climate Simulations
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Gelbrecht, Maximilian, Klöwer, Milan, Boers, Ni...
ClimBurst: A Novel Method to Detect Climatological Anomalies Over Time and Space
Geophysical Research Letters
Brouillet, Audrey, Coulaud, Guillaume, Shasha, ...
Underestimation of Historical Terrestrial Water Storage Droughts in Global Water Models
Geophysical Research Letters
Tiwari, Amar Deep, Pokhrel, Yadu, Felfelani, Fa...
Predicting temperatures in Brazilian states capitals via Machine Learning
European Physical Journal - Special Topics
da Silva, Sidney T., Gabrick, Enrique C., de Mo...
What if extreme droughts occur more frequently? Mechanisms and limits of forest adaptation in pin...
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Priesner, Jamir, Sakschewski, Boris, Billing, M...
Research efforts and gaps in the assessment of forest system resilience: A scoping review
Ambio
Anamaghi, Sara, Behboudian, Massoud, Emami-Skar...
Global assessment of population exposure to multiple climate-related hazards from 2003 to 2021: a...
The Lancet Planetary Health
Stalhandske, Zélie, de Ruiter, Marleen C, Chamb...
New insights into the polar ozone and water vapor, radiative effects, and their connection to the...
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Shi, Guochun, Liu, Hanli, Tsutsumi, Masaki, Gul...
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