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2026

New paperOct 23, 2026

Soil moisture controls the permafrost carbon cycle — new paper in Earth's Future
Using CESM2, Mun et al. show that thaw-induced soil water is a primary regulator of permafrost carbon loss under warming and mitigation.
MediaOct 7, 2026

[KBS NEWS] The strongest El Niño on record is coming… “heavy rain from next month”
MediaAug 5, 2026

[LIVE SCIENCE] Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researc…
MediaJul 8, 2026

[YouTube] Net Zero Speaks to Jong-Seong Kug
MediaJun 24, 2026

[nature news explainer] Are we really headed for a ‘super’ El Niño? What the science says
MediaJun 16, 2026

[YouTube 'Economy in Hand'] Weather that brings war: a super El Niño is coming — Prof. Jong-Seong Kug (SNU School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
MediaJun 8, 2026

[MBC News] A super typhoon pulled the trigger on a super El Niño… even forecasts of the strongest ever [Climate Insight 32 | InssaM]
New paperMay 30, 2026

AMOC slowdown amplifies North Atlantic salinity variability — new paper in Nature Communications
A slowing Atlantic overturning circulation amplifies North Atlantic salinity variability to unprecedented levels.
MediaMay 15, 2026

[nature news article] Are we really headed for a ‘super’ El Niño? What the science says
New paperMay 15, 2026

Low cloud feedback and irreversible sea level rise — new paper in Nature Communications
Why does sea level keep rising even after emissions are cut? A new study points to the critical role of low cloud feedback.
New paperMar 19, 2026

Stronger ENSO-induced global SST variability in a warming climate — new paper in Nature Communications
In a warming climate, ENSO drives stronger sea surface temperature variability across the globe.

2026

Soil moisture controls the permafrost carbon cycle — new paper in Earth's Future

[KBS NEWS] The strongest El Niño on record is coming… “heavy rain from next month”

[LIVE SCIENCE] Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researc…

[YouTube] Net Zero Speaks to Jong-Seong Kug

[nature news explainer] Are we really headed for a ‘super’ El Niño? What the science says

[YouTube 'Economy in Hand'] Weather that brings war: a super El Niño is coming — Prof. Jong-Seong Kug (SNU School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)

[MBC News] A super typhoon pulled the trigger on a super El Niño… even forecasts of the strongest ever [Climate Insight 32 | InssaM]

AMOC slowdown amplifies North Atlantic salinity variability — new paper in Nature Communications

[nature news article] Are we really headed for a ‘super’ El Niño? What the science says

Low cloud feedback and irreversible sea level rise — new paper in Nature Communications

Stronger ENSO-induced global SST variability in a warming climate — new paper in Nature Communications

2025

Super El Niño events drive climate regime shifts — new paper in Nature Communications

Noise-induced tipping of the AMOC under climate mitigation — new paper in Nature Communications

[Economy Science] Abnormal sea temperatures around the Korean Peninsula: what will this winter's climate be like?

[Unrealscience] Why was Gangneung the first to collapse in the drought? Because of 'this', which Gangneung lacks?!

[KBS Life] 4 billion people may soon disappear! Human extinction due to global warming?!

[SBS News] Forest ecosystem destruction… accelerated by climate change

2024

The Climate System Laboratory moves to Seoul National University

[SBS News] Frequent snow and rain this winter… the effect of a prolonged 'Kuroshio high'

[KBS News] The 'heated ocean' keeps striking back even after warming is mitigated

[KBS News] The Arctic cold wave is caused by a 'record-warm' Earth

[KISTI] Increase in extreme El Niño during CO2 reduction, simulated on the Nurion supercomputer

2023

[UBC Ulsan Broadcasting] Appearance on 'Jigu Suda' Season 4, 'Soso Siktak' episode 22 (Oct 28, 2023)

[Daehak Alli] Youth Agora: National Assembly forum on the climate crisis (Oct 19, 2023)

[Pohang MBC] Warning from a hot Earth: the climate crisis — 'TalkTalk Donghaein' (aired Aug 5, 2023)

[SBS News] Even cars pushed backward… a powerful 146 km/h summer storm hits Europe

[KBS News] Tracking the North Pacific High, maker of monsoon rains and heat waves, in 3D

[News Special] 'Extreme El Niño grows stronger even as CO2 falls… time to rethink climate policy'

[Media Gyeongbuk] POSTECH Prof. Kug's team predicts more extreme El Niño events during CO2 reduction

[Newstree] 'Arctic phytoplankton declining 3 times faster than expected' — what does it mean for climate change?

[Financial News] KOPRI: Arctic Ocean phytoplankton decline up to 3 times faster than IPCC projections

[Maeil Business] Climate change tops Google's searches of the year… time to consider 'climate engineering' to slow warming

2022

[Maeil Business] 'The hottest spring'… the jet stream's mischief is only the beginning

[Korea Economic Daily] 12 scientists including Prof. Sung-Roh Yoon selected as basic-science 'Leader Researchers'

[Electronic Times] Even if CO2 is reduced, we cannot go back to the past climate

2021

[Yonhap News interview] The Indian Ocean Dipole behind the Australian bushfires… brought a mild winter

[Samsung Life Wealth Management] Damage from extreme weather calls for long-term countermeasures

ROK-PI CliPS Phase 2 to strengthen Meteorological services in the Pacific

Ph.D. student Hyunggyu Lim's research featured in the November issue of Science Donga

Ph.D. student Jinsoo Kim receives the Jung Sung-Ki Thesis Award

[JTBC interview] [Weather Doctor] A warmer Arctic in July means stronger summer heat waves

[GS Caltex Magazine] The Earth of Interstellar and Snowpiercer, and the puppeteer behind it: climate tipping points

Arctic temperatures rise when plants stop breathing

Prof. Jong-Seong Kug receives the Young Scientist Award

Dr. Sung-Ho Woo (POSTECH) wins the Excellence Award at the 4th Jeon Jae-Gyu Young Scientist Award

2020

Dong-A Science 2020 No. 12 — special feature 'Unsolved problems in science'

Dong-A Science 2020 No. 11 — special feature 'Unsolved problems in science'

A Decade of APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE)

[Kyongbuk Ilbo] 'Revolt of the plants': when plants stop breathing, the Arctic melts

[KBS News interview] Siberia 'ablaze' due to warming… worsening ultrafine dust on the Korean Peninsula

2019

[Hankook Ilbo] How cold will this winter be? 'Sea temperatures near Ieodo tell us in advance'

Ph.D. student Hyunggyu Lim interviewed as an outstanding global scholarship recipient (2019)

2018

Prof. Jong-Seong Kug receives a 2018 National R&D Performance Evaluation award

[Yonhap News] El Niño and La Niña, causes of extreme weather, can be predicted 17 months ahead

[YTN Science interview] Climate change and the future of the Earth

[KBS News interview] El Niño, culprit of abnormal climate, unmasked… its formation mechanism identified for the first time

Ph.D. student Jinsoo Kim recognized as an outstanding BK21 Plus researcher by the Ministry of Education

[YTN News interview] 'El Niño chokes the Amazon, the lungs of the Earth'

[Yonhap News] El Niño reduces the carbon uptake of the Amazon, the 'lungs of the Earth'

[SBS Hope TV] Appearance in Part 6 of the 2018 SBS anniversary special 'Hope TV'

Ph.D. student Hyunggyu Lim interviewed as an outstanding global scholarship recipient (2018)

2017

[Seoul Economic Daily column] [Science & Market] Beware of AI omnipotence

[KAOS science lecture] Earth's unfamiliar future: Snowpiercer vs. Interstellar

[News1] POSTECH team: 'Arctic warming causes reduced crop production'

Ph.D. student Jinsoo Kim publishes a paper in Nature Geoscience

2016

[Dong-A Ilbo] These young scientists will open Korea's future

[Organized by POSTECH Environmental Science and Engineering] International conference 'Regional Challenges in the 21st Century' successfully held in Jeju

How researchers discovered phytoplankton are warming the Arctic

Prof. Jong-Seong Kug receives the 'Scientist and Engineer of the Month Award' from the National Research Foundation of Korea