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