Welcome at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Welcome at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry


Focus on the Earth

Our research is dedicated to the study of global biogeochemical cycles describing the interactions between the biosphere, the atmosphere, the geosphere and the entire climate system. We aim to better understand how living organisms - including humans - exchange basic resources such as water, carbon, nutrients, and energy with their environment and how this affects ecosystems and climate at regional to global scales. 

Lise Meitner Excellence Program

Lise Meitner Excellence Program

The Lise Meitner Excellence Program shall help to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.
Every new researcher in the Lise Meitner Excellence Program receives the offer to take part in the tenure track process, which – following a positive decision by the tenure committee – will lead to a permanent W2 post with group equipment.
For this years call for application the deadline is April 8.

We support the initiative Weltoffenes Thüringen!

We support the initiative Weltoffenes Thüringen!

We are committed to ensuring that people from different backgrounds live and work together respectfully.

News

Multiple small satellites orbiting Earth, captured against a backdrop of clouds and the blue atmospheric edge, viewed from space.
Thanks to FLUXCOM-X, the next generation of data driven, AI-based earth system models, scientists can now see the Earth’s metabolism at unprecedented detail – assessed everywhere on land and every hour of the day.
Aerial view showing significant land erosion with exposed soil and vegetation, with soil draining into the bordering ocean.
New study on the Arctic carbon cycle provides important insights and highlights research needs
Groundwater threatened by droughts and heavy rainfalls
Extreme climate events endanger groundwater quality and stability, when rain water evades natural purification processes in the soil. This was demonstrated in long-term groundwater analyses using new analytical methods.

Events

Scientific events

EGU 2025: European Geosciences Union General Assembly

Apr 27, 2025 - May 2, 2025
Vienna, Austria

EEBIOMASS Summer School 2025

May 12, 2025 - May 16, 2025
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Room: Hörsaal

AquaDiva Final Symposium

May 28, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Altes Schloss Dornburg

Public events

Entropie und Leben, eine planetare Perspektive

Apr 23, 2025 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Rathaus Schöneberg, John-F.-Kennedy-Platz · 10825 Berlin

Was bewegt die Atmosphäre? Von den Grundlagen bis zur Energiewende

Jul 8, 2025 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Stiftung Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald Martin-Luther-Straße 14 17489 Greifswald

Seminars & colloquia

Kolloquium: Cynthia Freund-Möller

Antifeminismus und Antigenderismus
Apr 24, 2025 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Seminar: Nuno Carvalhais

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May 8, 2025 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Seminar: Arina Ivanova

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May 15, 2025 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Kolloquium: Ana Bastos, Nora Linscheid

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Jul 17, 2025 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Recent Publications

Kleidon, A.; Luther, G.; Schmidt-Böcking, H.; Ziegahn, K.-F.: Die große Transformation. In: Physik Erkenntnisse und Perspektiven, pp. 265 - 269 (Ed. Ullrich, J.). Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Bad Honnef (2025)
Lenk, A.; Waha, S.; Wirth, C.: Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest. Forest Ecology and Management 586, 122678 (2025)
Pan, Q.; Bauters, M.; Peaucelle, M.; Ellsworth, D.; Kattge, J.; Verbeeck, H.: Network-informed analysis of a multivariate trait-space reveals optimal trait selection. Communications Biology 8, 569 (2025)
Roebroek, C. T. J.; Caporaso, L.; Duveiller, G.; Davin, E. L.; Seneviratne, S. I.; Cescatti, A.: Potential tree cover under current and future climate scenarios. Scientific Data 12, 564 (2025)
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