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

Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Data to Improve Climate Projections
A research team has developed an approach to integrate AI into Earth system models and has published two perspectives on future research priorities.
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.

Events

Scientific events

EEBIOMASS Summer School 2024

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

Science for Future: On the Path to Carbon Neutrality

Oct 29, 2024 - Oct 30, 2024
Berlin Adlershof Science City

Workshop 'Grant proposal writing'

Nov 6, 2024 - Nov 21, 2024

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

Long Night of Sciences 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

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)

Seminar: Luana Basso

(t.b.a.)
Oct 17, 2024 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Kolloquium: Bettina Weber

(title tba)
Oct 30, 2024 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Hörsaal (C0.001)

Recent Publications

Cole, L.; Goodall, T.; Jehmlich, N.; Griffiths, R. I.; Gleixner, G.; Gubry-Rangin, C.; Malik, A. A.: Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling. ISME Communications (2024)
Mottungan, K.; Roychoudhury, C.; Brocchi, V.; Gaubert, B.; Tang, W.; Mirrezaei, M. A.; McKinnon, J.; Guo, Y.; Griffith, D. W. T.; Feist, D. G. et al.; Morino, I.; Sha, M. K.; Dubey, M. K.; Mazière, M. D.; Deutscher, N. M.; Wennberg, P. O.; Sussmann, R.; Kivi, R.; Goo, T.-Y.; Velazco, V. A.; Wang, W.; Jr., a. A. F. A.: Local and regional enhancements of CH4, CO, and CO2 inferred from TCCON column measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 17 (19), pp. 5861 - 5885 (2024)
Chen, H.; Schroeter, S. A.; Lehmann, K.; Herrmann, M.; Totsche, K. U.; Gleixner, G.: Snowmelt seepage fluxes of dissolved organic matter in forest and grassland - a molecular-level case study from the Hainich critical zone exploratory, Germany. Frontiers in Earth Science (accepted)
Denk, T.; Grimm, G. W.; Cardoni, S.; Csilléry, K.; Kurz, M.; Schulze, E. D.; Simeone, M. C.; Worth, J. R. P.: A subgeneric classification of Fagus (Fagaceae) and revised taxonomy of western Eurasian beeches. Willdenowia 54 (2-3), pp. 151 - 181 (2024)
Mauder, M.; Jung, M.; Stoy, P.; Nelson, J. A.; Wanner, L.: Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites revisited. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 358, 110235 (2024)
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