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

What if extreme droughts occur more frequently? Mechanisms and limits of forest adaptation in pin...
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Priesner, Jamir, Sakschewski, Boris, Billing, M...
Research efforts and gaps in the assessment of forest system resilience: A scoping review
Ambio
Anamaghi, Sara, Behboudian, Massoud, Emami-Skar...
Global assessment of population exposure to multiple climate-related hazards from 2003 to 2021: a...
The Lancet Planetary Health
Stalhandske, Zélie, de Ruiter, Marleen C, Chamb...
New insights into the polar ozone and water vapor, radiative effects, and their connection to the...
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Shi, Guochun, Liu, Hanli, Tsutsumi, Masaki, Gul...
Recent changes in spatiotemporal patterns of heat extremes in South Asia
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Banerjee, Abhirup, Gupta, Shraddha, Priyanshu, ...
Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyc...
Science Advances
Huang, Wenzhong, Yang, Zhengyu, Zhang, Yiwen, V...
The attribution of human health outcomes to climate change: transdisciplinary practical guidance
Climatic Change
Ebi, Kristie L., Haines, Haines, Andrade, Rober...
Modelling flood losses of micro-businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Buch, Anna, Paprotny, Dominik, Rafiezadeh Shahi...
Ionospheric chaos in the solar quiet current due to sudden stratospheric warming events across th...
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Oludehinwa, Irewola Aaron, Velichko, Andrei, Ol...
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