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