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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. 

We stand for a Thuringia open to the world

We support the initiative Weltoffenes Thüringen!

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

News

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Carl Zeiss Humboldt Research Award for artificial intelligence expert

December 22, 2025
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Gustau Camps-Valls receives one of two research prizes worth €100,000 each to conduct research at the MPI-BGC
 
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Prof Marion Schrumpf, portrait photo by Markus Scholz

Marion Schrumpf appointed professor of “Ecology of Agricultural Ecosystems”

December 17, 2025
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Dr. Marion Schrumpf, long-standing scientist at MPI-BGC, is moving to Halle University (MLU) and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) as professor of “Ecology of Agricultural Ecosystems.”
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Nominations sought for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

January 01, 2026
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The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, expects to have an opening for a director and scientific member of the Max Planck Society (MPG) in the general field of ecosystem ecology and biogeochemical cycles in the Earth System and related areas.
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Events

Scientific events

Advance methane and nitrous oxide modeling via standardized flux monitoring and data processing

Feb 4, 2026 - Feb 6, 2026
Xplanatorium Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover

IMPRS retreat 2026

Mar 3, 2026 - Mar 4, 2026

IMPRS Selection Symposium

Mar 10, 2026 - Mar 11, 2026
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Public events

8th Franco-German Energy Forum with Sönke Zaehle

Jan 22, 2026 09:30 AM - 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Online
⇒ More public events

Seminars & colloquia

Seminar: David Ho

Ensemble simulation of greenhouse gas distributions for remote sensing data assimilation
Jan 22, 2026 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Seminar: Juliana da Silva Menger

Towards open and fAIR data through research data management
Jan 22, 2026 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Lecture Hall (C0.001)

Colloquium: Christian Wirth

Traits, Rates and States – News from and visions for the research arboretum ARBOfun
Jan 29, 2026 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
C1 seminar room

Colloquium: David Schellenberger Costa

The PlantHub project - links to MPI-BGC
Jan 29, 2026 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
C1 seminar room
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Recent Publications

Dong, G.; Jiang, F.; Zhang, Y.; Ju, W.; Piao, S.; Ciais, P.; Peters, W.; Luijkx, I. T.; Liu, J.; Chevallier, F. et al.; Zeng, N.; Tian, X.; Maksyutov, S.; Sonnentag, O.; Arain, M. A.; Barr, A. G.; Huang, Y.; Yue, C.; Yuan, W.; Liu, L.; Fan, L.; Yue, X.; Xiao, J.; Li, X.; Sitch, S.; Friedlingstein, P.; O’Sullivan, M.; Knauer, J.; Arora, V.; Kennedy, D.; Ma, L.; Thornton, P. E.; Séférian, R.; Nützel, T.; Heinke, J.; Sun, Q.; Zaehle, S.; Peylin, P.; Kato, E.; Alcock, H.; Lecavalier, B.; Wu, M.; Wang, J.; Zhang, L.; Lv, G.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, D.; Chen, J. M.: Canadian net forest CO2 uptake enhanced by heat drought via reduced respiration. Nature Geoscience (2026)
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Li, W.; Duveiller, G.; Gans, F.; Smits, J.; Kraemer, G.; Frank, D.; Mahecha, M. D.; Weber, U.; Migliavacca, M.; Ceglar, A. et al.; Keenan, T. F.; Reichstein, M.: Globally synchronized changes in the biosphere, atmosphere, and society identified using public data. One Earth, 101559 (2025)
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Hild, K.; Kwarkye, N.; Huang, C.; Harms, H.; Chatzinotas, A.; Ritschel, T.; Totsche, K. U.; Wick, L. Y.: Transport and survival of marine tracer phages in topsoil at field conditions. Environmental Science & Technology (2025)
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Ouyang, Z.; Jackson, R. B.; Saunois, M.; Canadell, J. G.; Zhao, Y.; Morfopoulos, C.; Krummel, P. B.; Patra, P. K.; Peters, G. P.; Dennison, F. et al.; Gasser, T.; Archibald, A. T.; Arora, V.; Baudoin, G.; Chandra, N.; Ciais, P.; Davis, S. J.; Feron, S.; Guo, F.; Hauglustaine, D.; Jones, C. D.; Jones, M. W.; Kato, E.; Kennedy, D.; Knauer, J.; Lienert, S.; Lombardozzi, D.; Melton, J. R.; Nabel, J.; O’Sullivan, M.; Pétron, G.; Poulter, B.; Rogelj, J.; Calle, D. S.; Smith, P.; Suntharalingam, P.; Tian, H.; Wang, C.; Wiltshire, A.: The global hydrogen budget. Nature 648, pp. 616 - 624 (2025)
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Juchem, H.; Maier, F.; Levin, I.; Jordan, A.; Pöhler, D.; Rosendahl, C.; Coletta, J. D.; Preunkert, S.; Hammer, S.: Challenges and benefits of using NOx as a quantitative proxy for fossil fuel CO2 in an urban area based on radiocarbon measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 25 (24), pp. 18373 - 18388 (2025)
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