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