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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.

5 min readNov 7, 2023

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

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Martin Jucker

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…

5 min readMay 10, 2023

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

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Martin Jucker

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…

5 min readFeb 15, 2023

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

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Martin Jucker

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…

4 min readAug 29, 2021

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Antarctic climate variations found to originate north of Australia

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Martin Jucker

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.

4 min readMay 27, 2021

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

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Martin Jucker

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.

3 min readAug 20, 2020

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

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Martin Jucker

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.

3 min readJul 9, 2020

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3D snapshot of a weather simulation.

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Martin Jucker

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…

4 min readJul 3, 2020

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The shortcomings of convection-resolving models

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Martin Jucker

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.

5 min readJan 20, 2020

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How a public health crisis helped reduce climate change.

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Martin Jucker

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.

6 min readAug 15, 2019

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Learning from (your) their mistakes

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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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