Highlighting the high variety of topics and thus the potential to reach many different users, projects with contribution of the German Meteorological Service are outlined

The situation arising from the unusually low water levels caused by the El Niño-induced drought in Gatun Lake in Panama recently triggered restrictions and limited the number of ships allowed to sail through the Panama Canal to 22 per day. However, recent rains in November surpassed expectations and brought relief to the area. As a result, the...

On Friday, 15 December 2023, at 00:39 UTC, a new eruption started at the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia. It emitted an ash column that reached approximately 200 meters above its summit. The seismic activity associated with this event was captured on seismographs, registering a maximum amplitude of 47 mm and a duration of about 15 seconds....

Bird Island, located in the Antarctic Ocean near South Georgia, serves as critical habitat for numerous species of seabirds and fur seals. In October, the first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the Antarctic region were detected on Bird Island. The virus has led to hundreds of fatalities among elephant seals, along with...

Himalayan glaciers are predicted to lose up to 75 per cent of their ice by the end of the century due to global warming, and their melting poses serious risks, particularly from glacial lakes formed by the melting of the ice. These lakes, when they overflow or become unstable, can cause devastating floods, severely affecting villages and...