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. 

Max Planck Research Groups: Open Call

Max Planck Research Groups: Open Call

The Max Planck Society is continuing to offer talented young scientists the opportunity to lead their own independent Max Planck Research Group (MPRG) at a participating Max Planck Institute of their choice.
The next open topic call for MPRG Leader positions is expected to start on September 9th 2024. All scientists who hold a doctoral degree are eligible to apply. There are multiple positions available. The deadline for applications is October 14th 2024.

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

Graz Charta for Climate Communication published 
Experts from science, journalism, local authorities and non-governmental organizations consider a change of course in communication on climate issues to be urgently needed. The appeal was published on the occasion of the K3 Congress on Climate Communication with around 400 participants in Graz. 
More CO2 in the atmosphere during El Niño
A recent study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and the University of Leipzig suggests that increasing droughts in the tropics and changing carbon cycle responses due to climate change are not primarily responsible for the strong tropical response to rising temperatures. Instead, a few particularly strong El Niño events could be the cause.
IAGOS research infrastructure celebrates 30th anniversary
Since the first measurement flight in 1994, the European research infrastructure IAGOS has developed a measurement technique that is used in commercial airplanes and regularly provide extensive climate data from the atmosphere.

Events

Scientific events

ATTO Workshop 2024

Oct 1, 2024 - Oct 4, 2024
National Institute of Amazonian Research INPA

Open Earth Monitor: Global Workshop 2024

Oct 2, 2024 - Oct 4, 2024
Laxenburg, Austria

EEBIOMASS Summer School 2024

Oct 21, 2024 - Oct 25, 2024
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Room: Hörsaal

Public events

Hoch hinaus für die Klimaforschung im Amazonas-Regenwald

Nov 6, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Uni Jena, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, Room: Seminarraum 308

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Jena 2024

Nov 22, 2024 06:00 PM - 11:55 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie

AI & Research / MPG event

Dec 18, 2024 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Dec 19, 2024 04:00 PM
Harnack-Haus, Berlin

Seminars & colloquia

Seminar: Arvind Gauns

(t.b.a.)
Oct 10, 2024 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Kolloquium: Emily Solly

Plant-soil interactions under climate change and implications for forest biogeochemistry
Oct 15, 2024 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Seminar: Kevin Karbstein

(t.b.a.)
Oct 17, 2024 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Kolloquium: Elisa Calamita

(title tba)
Nov 14, 2024 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Recent Publications

Bolek, A.; Heimann, M.; Göckede, M.: UAV-based in situ measurements of CO2 and CH4 fluxes over complex natural ecosystems. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 17 (18), pp. 5619 - 5636 (2024)
Stimmler, P.; Obst, M.; Lehmann, J.; Stein, M.; Hockmann, K.; Göckede, M.; Schaller, J.: Reduced CO2 release from arctic soils due to CO2 binding to calcium forming Aragonite. Environmental Science & Technology (2024)
Liu, G.; Migliavacca, M.; Reimers, C.; Kraft, B.; Reichstein, M.; Richardson, A. D.; Wingate, L.; Delpierre, N.; Yang, H.; Winkler, A.: DeepPhenoMem V1.0: Deep learning modelling of canopy greenness dynamics accounting for multi-variate meteorological memory effects on vegetation phenology. Geoscientific Model Development 17 (17), pp. 6683 - 6701 (2024)
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