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The new assessment of the Global Carbon Project, in which Sönke Zaehle and Christian Rödenbeck from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena are involved, shows an unprecedented decrease in fossil CO₂ emissions for the year 2020. However, the atmospheric CO₂ concentration continues to rise. more

A team of researchers found that "drought stress" of trees also has a negative effect on the forest soil. As a result, fewer important minerals are available for plants. However, small amounts of water are sufficient to reactivate the processes. more

Markus Reichstein, Sönke Zaehle, Susan Trumbore, Martin Jung and Jens Kattge again honored. more

Prof. Markus Reichstein, was honored with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2020 of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in December 2019. With the research prize, which is the most highly endowed in Germany with 2.5 million euros, the DFG recognizes the geoecologist for his scientific achievements in data-driven research on the interactions between climate and the biosphere. more

Mathias Göckede and Martin Heimann together with cooperation partners receive a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant for climate-relevant permafrost research. Their successfully evaluated project "Quantify disturbance impacts on feedbacks between Arctic permafrost and global climate - Q-ARCTIC" will be funded with a total of €10 million over 6 years. more

Henrik Hartmann, head of a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, explores the question of how forests must change if they are to survive as climate change progresses. We spoke with him about the state and future of the forest, and how science and politics can support forest transformation. more

High intensity in agriculture and forestry undermines biodiversity and the benefits humans can derive from ecosystems. An international study with the participation of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry shows for the first time how the intensity of land use influences the interactions between biodiversity, and ecosystem functions and services for humans. more