2020

Hui Yang starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Alexander Chuvstvin starting this week at BGI.
Welcome!

Todaz Kerstin Sickel says farewell to the institute and will take her well-deserved retirement
Join on-line via zoom to the hybrid ceremony! 1:00 pm

Markus Reichstein giving "Machine-learning-model-data-integration for a better understanding of the Earth System" talk at ECMWF. Register for Live stream link here: 16:00 GMT

Talk bz René Orth about Climate Change at Jabil: 15:30–17:00

Markus Reichstein was awarded with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2020. YouTube Link to virtual award ceremony here. Congratulations!

Reda Ghawi starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Milan Flach successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations!

Xin Yu starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Melissa Ruiz starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

New video series from German Climate Consortium Real Science, Real Talk - Science on Climate and Corona with Markus Reichstein´s contribution It now becomes extreme - climate change, drought, COVID19

Josephin Kroll, Siyuan Wang and Chunhui Zhan starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Talk by René Orth about Climate Change: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Bad Sulza, 19 hrs

Markus Reichstein at the Landeswissenschaftskonferenz: Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt
 

ICOS Drought special issue published Impacts of the 2018 severe drought and heatwave in Europe: from site to continental scale with contributions by many BGI members

Ulisse Gomarasca, Hoontaek Lee, Albrecht Schall, Ladislav Sigut, Alexander Winkler, Weijie Zhang starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Markus Reichstein contributing to WPN2030 Impulspapier "Nachhaltig aus der Corona-Krise" WPN2030 press release

Public climate change talk and discussion with René Orth at Schlöbens one summmers night: Schlöben, 6pm

Kendalynn Morris successfully defended her PhD Thesis on the „Influence of nutrient availability on soil respiration and microbial activity in a tree-grass ecosystem“. Congratulations!

René Orth was accepted as a new member to the Junge Akademie/Young Academy. Congratulations!

How Can Artificial Intelligence Enhance Our Understanding of the Earth System? Latest Thinking video with Markus Reichstein

What soil moisture can teach us about heatwaves editorial by Jasper Denissen in German Climate Consortium DKK

Markus Reichstein in MDR Thüringen Journal about Corona-Pandemie und das Klima

Plant identification app "Flora Incognita" honored with Thuringian Research Prize. Congradulations!

Ana Bastos new BGI group leader starting this week. Welcome!

Sophia Walther was granted a 2 year ESA Living Planet Fellowship for Vad3e mecum: Vegetation and drought: towards improved data-driven estimates of ecosystem carbon fluxes under moisture stress. Congratulations!

Markus Reichstein nominated as a member of the Specialized Panel of Scientific Experts pursuant to the Environmental Rules at the Permanent Court of Arbitration for 6 yrs (starting June 11^th 2020). Congratulations!

Hanna Graefen, University Giessen, starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Khalil Teber, University Bayreuth, starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Milder Winter 16 Grad und Vogelzwitschern (mild winter 16°C and bird twittering) Markus Reichstein detector.fm about impacts of mild winters (in German)

Sofia Cerasoli, University of Lisboa, is visiting BGI. Welcome!

Qian Zhang, Nanjing University, starting this week at BGI. Welcome!

Der Klimawandel und seine Auswirkungen by René Orth at Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena: 16:15 – 17:30

Ana Bastos is visiting BGI: Seminar at 10 am

Marion Schrumpf explains in MDR television Wie der Boden das Klima beeinflusst

Sophia Walter received end of last year the Ernst Reuter Prize at Freie Universität Berlin for her outstanding disseration project. Congratulations!