News (2026)

16 February 2026|Research

Tatiana Ilyina Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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Photo: Bettina Diallo/MPI-M

Tatiana Ilyina has been appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen. The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology...

14 February 2026|CLICCS News

Hamburg Climate Researcher Erich Roeckner Has Died

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Photo: MPI-M

Erich Roeckner, one of the most influential researchers in the history of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, passed away in February 2026, at...

11 February 2026|Research

Hope through action

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Photo: M. Schnegg

Anthropologist Michael Schnegg conducts research on climate change at the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS and spends several months of every year in a...