ZIJ co-organized a session on climate extremes and presented the group’s research on ocean acidification at the German-American Frontiers of Science held in Potsdam Germany. The meeting is co-sponsored by the US National Academy of Sciences and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and brings together young scientists from Germany and the USA. As part of the events associated with the meeting, the group of scientists visited Einstein’s summer home, which is located close by in Caputh.