The DFG (German Research Foundation) appointed Hermann Held as member of the DKN (German Committee Future Earth) for the period 2026-2028. The DKN is an independent scientific advisory body of the DFG and national contact point and platform for developments and activities within the international research program for global...

An article recently published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society summarizes the key themes and outcomes of the WCRP EPESC-LEADER Joint Science Meeting held in Busan, South Korea, in July 2025. Experts from two World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) initiatives, the Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and...

A recent publication by Jana Sillmann et al. published in Nature shows that even a moderate 2-degree rise in global temperatures can have extreme consequences. The sectors most affected are expected to be agriculture, forestry and urban areas, resulting in droughts in global key breadbasket regions, fire weather extremes...

On March 17th and 18th, the final meeting of the MOMENT consortium took place at the GFZ Helmholtz-Centre for Geosciences. Beside the presentation of new research, new ideas and the follow-up project MOMENTplus have been in the focus.

This year, the MOMENT group met at the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam. Before finalizing the...

There were a few more, but these six personally received the certificate for successfully completing their studies in Meteorology during the department's graduation ceremony, handed over by the Head of Studies, Prof. Dr. Felix Ament (left).

Whether Bachelor or Master in Meteorology or Master in Atmospheric Science: the...