Hans-Otto Pörtner

Professor Pörtner was the Co-chair of Working Group II for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report AR6 and the Special Reports on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR1.5), Climate Change and Land (SRCCL), and the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROOC). Research interests include the effects of climate warming, ocean acidification, and hypoxia on marine animals and ecosystems with a focus on the links between ecological, physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms limiting tolerance and shaping biogeography and ecosystem functioning. He is also a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) and Co-Chair of the “AMOC in focus” assessment of JPI Climate and JPI Oceans.