MPI-M researchers and their partner institutions are currently performing atmospheric measurements over the equatorial Atlantic with eight coordinated measurement campaigns. They want to find out what controls the structure of…
Research team publishes new results of the MOSAiC project. Photosynthesis can take place in nature even at extremely low light levels, a study that investigated the development of Arctic microalgae…
Researchers study cloud movement in the Arctic. Precise measurement of the warming and cooling of transported air masses for the first time. Special features of the Arctic climate, such as…
In the Arctic Archipelago Svalbard, this August roughly 20 experts from seven German universities and research centres set up their labs and instruments for the polar research project YESSS (Year-round…
Human-made climate change is not confined by national borders. The AGELESS Consortium explores the question of how marine life affected by climate change can be protected beyond areas of national…
We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until…