New EU project TerraDT: A digital twin of the Earth
On January 1, 2025, the EU-funded project TerraDT started, which aims to develop a high-resolution digital twin (DT) for components of the Earth system that are missing in the previous DT models: the cryosphere (frozen regions), the vegetation of the land surface and atmospheric aerosols are now also to be incorporated. The project is coordinated by the Finnish IT Center for Science (CSC) and brings together 18 leading European institutions and organizations, among them DKRZ.
News from the User Group Committee and the WLA
Both, the DKRZ User Group and the Scientific Steering Committee (WLA) elected new spokespersons and leaders during their meetings in November 2024.
SC`24: The HPC world gathers in Atlanta!
At the Supercomputing Conference 2024 (SC‘24), the world's most important HPC event, approximately 10,000 attendees gathered in Atlanta, USA, from November 17 to 22.
Nature publication: AI supports research about global ocean temperatures
A new study in the journal Nature shows that the oceans in the early 20th century (1900-1930) were less cold than previously thought. The findings of this study are confirmed by an AI method developed at the DKRZ.
ESiWACE3 celebrates its General Assembly in Hamburg
On November, 12 and 13, 2024, the DKRZ hosted the ESiWACE3 general assembly. The meeting with over 40 participants - 34 of them on site - marked the halfway point of the third funding period of this European center of excellence.
AI in Climate Research: Detecting Climate Extremes
Climate extremes such as heat waves, heavy rainfall or droughts have far-reaching impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, water resources and also on human health. In order to understand recent climate extremes and to be able to assess the resulting climate risks, they must be examined in a historical context. How do these recent extremes compare to past events throughout the 20th Century, and what are the regional variations of the long term trends? To answer this question, data analysts of DKRZ have developed a method that can effectively reconstruct incomplete observation data on climate extremes by using methods of artificial intelligence (AI). The results of the study were published in the internationally renowned journal “Nature Communications” at the end of October 2024.
WarmWorld General Assembly: Half time for the first project phase
From October, 16 to 16, 2024 the WarmWorld General Assembly took place at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven. The project WarmWorld is reaching its halfway milestone within Phase 1, so that the about 80 participants – among them several members of the DKRZ team were going through what already have been achieved during the first phase and what priorities should be set with regards to the application for phase 2.
Successful coding sprint of the CLINT project
As part of the project CLINT (short for: Climate Intelligence), a coding sprint took place from October 7 to 9, 2024 at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in Bonn to integrate AI-based services developed so far in the project into the ECMWF infrastructure.
Python course for geosciences
For the 7th time, the Python online course for geosciences was offered by the DKRZ in cooperation with the Scientific Computing group from October 8th to 11th, 2024.
Extreme weather and climate management: expert exchange and educational weeks
From September 24th to 27th, 2024, experts met for the 14th Extreme Weather Congress which was followed by the German Climate Management Conference at HafenCity University Hamburg. In addition to scientific exchange, another goal of the event is to inform the general public about the current state of science on the topics of extreme weather and climate change. In addition to numerous lectures and discussions, the DKRZ, as one of several exhibitors, presented its climate globe.
Study shows: How climate adaptation can succeed
Today, on September 19, 2024, the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS at the University of Hamburg published the new study "Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024". The CLICCS researchers analyze very different measures for adapting to climate change.
Earth system science and HPC: iCAS Symposium 2024
International experts from the fields of geosciences, data handling and supercomputing, among them a team from DKRZ, met from September 8th to 12th, 2024 in Stresa, Italy, for the international symposium "Computing in the Atmospheric Sciences" (iCAS) to discuss new developments in climate and earth system modeling in light of the changing supercomputer landscape.
Energy efficiency of HPC centers: US delegation visits DKRZ
The Federal Foreign Office, jointly with the Goethe-Institut, have invited a bipartisan delegation of legislators and energy committee chairs from various US states to Germany for an information tour “Energy Policy in Germany” in order to promote transatlantic exchange on energy policy.
ESiWACE3-WarmWorld summer school on the use of HPC for climate and weather applications
From 27th August to 2nd September 2024, 17 international students met with lecturers from the Finnish CSC, the University of Helsinki and DKRZ (Dr. Claudia Frauen and Dr. Florian Ziemen) to learn more about the use of high-performance computing for climate and weather applications during a week-long summer school supported and organized by the projects ESiWACE3 and WarmWorld.
Fresh off the press: The DKRZ Yearbook 2022-23
The "DKRZ Yearbook 2022-2023" will be published in August 2024 and shows a cross-section of the work at the DKRZ.
Workshop on GPU programming on Levante brings scientists closer to the technology
On July 24, 2024, around 30 scientists from different institutions met for an interactive workshop at the DKRZ in Hamburg. During the one-day event, experts from Nvidia and the DKRZ shared their knowledge and experience in programming Nvidia GPUs on the DKRZ supercomputer Levante with the participants.
Review: natESM training focussing on ComIn and YAC interfaces
On July 17 and 18, 2024, the natESM support team organized a technical training in Hamburg in collaboration with speakers from the DKRZ, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, the German Aerospace Center and the German Weather Service.
Project kickoff meeting of PalMod Phase III at DKRZ
On June 11 and 12, 2024, more than fifty scientists attended the kickoff meeting of PalMod Phase III at DKRZ in Hamburg.
New podcast: Behind the scenes of the natESM project
In a new episode of “Code for thought – the podcast about software, engineering, research and everything in between”, scientist Peter Schmidt talks to Iris Ehlert and Hendryk Bockelmann from DKRZ about the natESM project.
DKRZ at the PASC24
Several scientists from DKRZ contributed to the PASC24 conference program – they organized mini-symposia, gave invited talks or discussed technical challenges with the hardware vendors.
8th ENES workshop: New developments in high performance computing for climate and weather simulations
From May 22 to 24, 2024, about 40 scientists met at the Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) in Lecce, Italy for the "8th ENES Workshop for High Performance Computing for Climate and Weather". Further participants joined online.
High-level representatives from Fudan University visit MPI-M and DKRZ
A delegation of high-level representatives from Fudan University Shanghai, led by former Vice President Prof. Renhe Zhang, visited the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the DKRZ on May 21 and 22, 2024.
NHR workshop on parallel I/O at DKRZ
A highly specialised workshop on parallel I/O (input/output) for climate science was successfully held at DKRZ in Hamburg on May 7 and 8, 2024, engaging 16 participants in lively discussions and collaborative sessions.
ISC24: Levante on rank 92 of TOP500 list
Under the headline "Reinventing HPC", the ISC’24 took place in Hamburg from May 12th to 16th, 2024. As the largest international HPC conference, with a diverse program of talks and exhibitions, it offered a platform to find out about innovations and applications and to network. The DKRZ contributed to the ISC program with poster presentations, sofa talks, the Student Cluster Competition and personal network meetings. On the first day of the conference, the new TOP500 list of the most powerful HPC systems was released, on which the DKRZ supercomputer Levante was ranked on 92. This makes it the fifth strongest German system.
Summer School on HPC for Climate and Weather Applications
The WarmWorld project co-jointly with the Excellence Center for Weather and Climate Research ESiWACE, invites you to a summer school in Helsinki, Finland from August 27th to September 2nd, 2024.
The HANAMI project: Digital partnership between the EU and Japan
DKRZ is one of the 14 European partners of the newly founded consortium HANAMI, to promote cooperation between Europe and Japan in the field of high performance computing.
Contribution to the WMO annual report 2023
Dr. Christopher Kadow, head of the new department "Data Analysis" at DKRZ, contributed to the current annual report “State of the Global Climate 2023” being released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Announcement: 8th ENES-HPC workshop in Lecce/Italy
The ENES-HPC workshop is returning to Lecce/Italy for its 8th edition. The event, which has also been hosted twice by DKRZ, is organized by the European Network for Earth System Modeling (ENES) in collaboration with ESiWACE and will bring together experts in HPC in Earth system modeling on site and online from May 22nd to 24th, 2024.
First WCRP ESMO meeting at DKRZ: bridging climate modelling and observations communities
From 18-22 March 2024, the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) hosted the very first Earth System Modelling and Observation (ESMO) meeting of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), with over 100 scientists from all around the world attending on-site and remotely.
EGU 2024: DKRZ, CEN, and CLiCCS represent Hamburg climate research
From April 14th to 19th, 2024, the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ), the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), and the Excellence Cluster CLICCS from the University of Hamburg will present climate and sustainability research "made in Hamburg" at the EGU in Vienna.
