Julius Eberhard

Plain Language

In my research I do two different things.

The first thing is about different types of atoms.
They are called isotopes.
I calculate how much of which isotope is in the atmosphere and how much is in the oceans, for example.
The calculations are complicated.
Therefore I use a special computer program.
This is called a model.

The second thing is about how the Earth was a long time ago.
At some times, there was very much ice on the Earth.
And the surface of the Earth changed.
Even the continents moved.
I calculate how the ice changed the surface and the moving continents.
For the calculations I also use a model.

And I sometimes help people when they have problems with their research.

Standard Language

Currently, I am working on mainly two different projects.

Together with Matteo Willeit (PIK) I am improving the fast Earth-system model CLIMBER-X. The idea behind the improvement is to include isotopic species in the model, which will allow to directly compare the simulations of past climate evolution with isotope data from these times. This work is part of the Past 2 Future project.

Collaborating with Georg Feulner, Kaspar Görg, Karoline Ramin, and Louis Lacassagne (PIK) as well as colleagues from GFZ, FU Berlin, and others, I am investigating the role of major glaciations in the very-long-term evolution of landscapes and plate tectonics on Earth. Examples for these glaciations are the Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth events and the Late Paleozoic icehouse. In this project, I mainly use the models CLIMBER-X and Fastscape. This work is part of the MEET project.

Alongside Anne Merfort, I am one of the junior ombudspersons at PIK. We are contacts for questions regarding good research practice, offering confidential first consultations and general information on the topic. Cases of scientific mediation are always handled together with, or solely by, the senior ombudspersons, Sabine Undorf and Franziska Piontek.