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Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why the Arctic warmed more than the rest of the globe

Millions of years ago, the polar regions where warm enough for alligators. We found that noctilucent clouds could be blamed.

Nov 7, 2023

Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why the Arctic warmed more than the rest of the globe

Nov 7, 2023

Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Niña more likely

The 2019–2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates…

May 10, 2023

Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Niña more likely

May 10, 2023

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A powerful volcano eruption may have a cooling and rainy influence on parts of Australia for up to…

Lasting impacts from an enormous volcanic eruption a year ago may have a cooling and rainy influence on parts of Australia for up to eight…

Feb 15, 2023

A powerful volcano eruption may have a cooling and rainy influence on parts of Australia for up to…

Feb 15, 2023

Antarctic climate variations found to originate north of Australia

In 2016, the sea-ice around Antarctica shrunk to its lowest level since satellite records began. One of the key reasons for this sudden…

Aug 29, 2021

Antarctic climate variations found to originate north of Australia

Aug 29, 2021

Why Australian spring weather like 2019 is not likely to happen again. Ever.

The end of 2019 saw Eastern Australia swallowed by fire smoke. One reason was a rare weather event. We found out exactly how rare it was.

May 27, 2021

Why Australian spring weather like 2019 is not likely to happen again. Ever.

May 27, 2021

Here’s why it is a good thing climate models don’t agree

Every climate model produces errors. We can learn a lot about our climate by studying the reasons for these errors.

Aug 20, 2020

Here’s why it is a good thing climate models don’t agree

Aug 20, 2020

Why humans are still essential for your daily weather forecast

Daily weather forecasts rely on computer simulations, but research shows that the added value of the human forecaster is still unmatched.

Jul 9, 2020

3D snapshot of a weather simulation.

Jul 9, 2020

The shortcomings of convection-resolving models

A new paper reveals the choice of a particular convection-resolving model (CRM) has a much larger impact on the results than increasing…

Jul 3, 2020

The shortcomings of convection-resolving models

Jul 3, 2020

How a public health crisis helped reduce climate change.

It seems difficult (impossible?) for the World’s powers to come together and fight climate change. 30 years ago they did just that.

Jan 20, 2020

How a public health crisis helped reduce climate change.

Jan 20, 2020

Learning from (your) their mistakes

We learn from our mistakes. But academia only publishes results. Iceberg publishes the bulk of research: Dos, don’ts and general expertise.

Aug 15, 2019

Learning from (your) their mistakes

Aug 15, 2019

Making climate models open source makes them even more useful

Designing climate experiments is only possible with models. Making them open source improves accountability, reproducibility, and trust.

Mar 6, 2018

Making climate models open source makes them even more useful

Mar 6, 2018

Martin Jucker

Martin Jucker

PhD in Physics, University Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences. A man who knows that the answer is forty-two and that true heroes go to infinity and beyond.

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