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.
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Deputy Head of Research Department


Head of Research Department
Nonlinear Data Analysis
Sustainable Development
Ecosystems
LPJmL
Climate Policy
Atmosphere
CO2 Removal
Global Commons
Planetary Boundaries
Policy advice
Biodiversity
Tipping Elements
POEM
Germany
1.5/2°C limit
RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Land Use
copan:CORE
Global
Europe
Transfer (Knowledge & Technology)


FutureLab Leader
Working Group Leader
Working Group Leader
Agent-based Models
Decarbonization
Extremes
Planetary Boundaries
Machine Learning
Global
Paleoclimate
RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Tipping Elements
Complex Networks
Security & Migration
POEM
Open Source Software
Ice
FutureLab - Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene
copan:CORE
PISM-PIK
Nonlinear Dynamics
Sustainable Development
Nonlinear Data Analysis

Head of Research Department

Senior Scientist
Working Group Leader
Working Group Leader




Postdoctoral Researcher





Senior Scientist
Nonlinear Data Analysis
Planetary Boundaries
North America
Europe
Arctic & Antarctica
Health
Oceania/Australia
Paleoclimate
RD4 - Complexity Science
Germany
Climate impacts
Energy
Weather
Oceans
Tipping Elements
Complex Networks
Open Source Software
Nonlinear Dynamics
Asia
Atmosphere
Machine Learning
Sustainable Development
South America
Brandenburg



Postdoctoral Researcher


Doctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher




Postdoctoral Researcher
