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