Exploring the Earth System
We contribute to the understanding of how living organisms – including humans - exchange fundamental resources like water, carbon, nitrogen and energy with their environment, and how this affects and responds to global climate and environmental change.
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 | Sönke Zaehle appointed lead author of the Sixth IPCC Assessment ReportApril 18, 2018The IPCC recently anounced the scientific experts for the Sixth Assessment Report, among them Sönke Zaehle of MPI-BGC. more |
 | Global Carbon Budget 2017 released, supported by MPI-BGC scientistsMarch 21, 2018The annual Global Carbon Budget for 2017 was recently published. Christian Rödenbeck and Sönke Zaehle contributed their expertise in atmospheric growth and land net uptake of CO2. more |
 | Kick-off meeting with partner group in Bhopal, IndiaMarch 15, 2018MPI-BGC scientist were visiting the Max Planck Partner Group at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal. more |
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Recent Publications
| LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land: Part I – Model description Schaphoff, S., von Bloh, W., Rammig, A., Thonicke, K., Biemans, H., Forkel, M., Forkel, M., Gerten, D., Heinke, J., Jägermeyr, J., Knauer, J., Langerwisch, F., Lucht, W., Müller, C., Rolinski, S., Waha, K. (2018) Geoscientific Model Development. 11, 1343-1375. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-1343-2018. |
| Plant attributes explain the distribution of soil microbial communities in two contrasting regions of the globe Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Fry, E. L., Eldridge, D. J., de Vries, F. T., Manning, P., Hamonts, K., Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Singh, B. K., Bardgett, R. D. (2018) New Phytologist. doi:10.1111/nph.15161. |
| Foliar nutrient resorption differs between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal trees at local and global scales Zhang, H.-Y., Lü, X.-T., Hartmann, H., Keller, A., Han, X.-G., Trumbore, S. E., Phillips, R. P. (2018) Global Ecology and Biogeography. doi:10.1111/geb.12738. |
| Phenolic compounds in oil-bearing fluid inclusions: Implications for water-washing and oil migration Peters, C. A., Hallmann, C., George, S. C. (2018) Organic Geochemistry. 118, 36-46. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.02.001. |
| Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species Simova, I., Violle, C., Svenning, J.-C., Kattge, J., Engemann, K., Sandel, B., Peet, R. K., Wiser, S. K., Blonder, B., McGill, B. J., Boyle, B., Morueta-Holme, N., Kraft, N. J. B., van Bodegom, P. M., Gutierrez, A. G., Bahn, M., Ozinga, W. A., Toszogyova, A., Enquist, B. J. (2018) Journal of Biogeography. 45, 895-916. doi:10.1111/jbi.13171. |
| An image transform based on temporal decomposition Cremer, F., Urbazaev, M., Berger, C., Mahecha, M. D., Schmullius, C., Thiel, C. (2018) IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 15, 537-541. doi:10.1109/LGRS.2018.2791658. |