Department Biogeochemical Integration

Department Biogeochemical Integration

Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein

How do ecosystems respond to changing weather patterns, rising temperatures and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations? Is the effect of precipitation more important than that of temperature? Or are ecosystem dynamics more strongly affected by nutrient availability? What is the role of extreme events in shaping biogeochemical cycles? To find out the answers we need to understand the interactions among three complex systems: climate, vegetation, and soil. Thus, we combine experiments and in-situ long-term observation with Earth Observations gathered by aircraft and satellites across a range of spatial scales, and embrace data-driven machine learning and theory-driven mechanistic modelling. With our research, we try to understand how the terrestrial biosphere reacts to and exerts feedbacks on ongoing environmental change and variation in atmospheric conditions.

Latest publications

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Kunik, L.; Raczka, B.; Smith, K. R.; Bowling, D.; Frankenberg, C.; Köhler, P.; Cheng, R.; Goulden, M. L.; Jung, M.; Lin, J. C.: Satellite-based solar-induced fluorescence tracks seasonal and elevational patterns of photosynthesis in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. Environmental Research Letters 19, 014008 (2024)
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Stoy, P. C.; Buchmann, N.; Cuntz, M.; Douros, J.; Fares, S.; Knohl, A.; Sigut, L.; Simioni, G.; Timmermans, R.; Grünwald, T. et al.; Ibrom, A.; Loubet, B.; Mammarella, I.; Marchesini, L. B.; Nilsson, M.; Peichl, M.; Rebmann, C.; Schmidt, M.; Bernhofer, C.; Berveiller, D.; Cremonese, E.; El-Madany, T. S.; Gharun, M.; Gianelle, D.; Hortnagl, L.; Roland, M.; Varlagin, A.; Fu, Z.; Heinesch, B.; Janssens, I.; Kowalska, N.; Dusek, J.; Gerosa, G.; Molder, M.; Tuittila, E.-S.; Loustau, D.: Detection and attribution of an anomaly in terrestrial photosynthesis in Europe during the COVID-19 lockdown. Science of the Total Environment 903, 166149 (2023)
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Bustamante, M.; Roy, J.; Ospina, D.; Achakulwisut, P.; Aggarwal, A.; Bastos, A.; Broadgate, W.; Canadell, J. G.; Carr, E. R.; Chen, D. et al.; Cleugh, H. A.; Ebi, K. L.; Edwards, C.; Farbotko, C.; Fernández-Martínez, M.; Frölicher, T. L.; Fuss, S.; Geden, O.; Gruber, N.; Harrington, L. J.; Hauck, J.; Hausfather, Z.; Hebden, S.; Hebinck, A.; Huq-, S.; Huss, M.; Jamero, M. L. P.; Juhola, S.; Kumarasinghe, N.; Lwasa, S.; Mallick, B.; Martin, M.; McGreevy, S.; Mirazo, P.; Mukherji, A.; Muttitt, G.; Nemet, G. F.; Obura, D.; Okereke, C.; Oliver, T.; Orlove, B.; Ouedraogo, N. S.; Patra, P. K.; Pelling, M.; Pereira, L. M.; Persson, Å.; Pongratz, J.; Prakash, A.; Rammig, A.; Raymond, C.; Redman, A.; Reveco, C.; Rockström, J.; Rodrigues, R.; Rounce, D. R.; Schipper, E. L. F.; Schlosser, P.; Selomane, O.; Semieniuk, G.; Shin, Y.-J.; Siddiqui, T. A.; Singh, V.; Sioen, G. B.; Sokona, Y.; Stammer, D.; Steinert, N. J.; Suk, S.; Sutton, R.; Thalheimer, L.; Thompson, V.; Trencher, G.; van der Geest, K.; Werners, S. E.; Wübbelmann, T.; Wunderling, N.; Yin, J.; Zickfeld, K.; Zscheischler, J.: Ten new insights in climate science 2023/2024. Global Sustainability (accepted)
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Xiao, C.; Zaehle, S.; Yang, H.; Wigneron, J.-P.; Schmullius, C.; Bastos, A.: Land cover and management effects on ecosystem resistance to drought stress. Earth System Dynamics 14 (6), pp. 1211 - 1237 (2023)
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Scheiter, S.; Kumar, D.; Pfeiffer, M.; Langan, L.: Biome classification influences current and projected future biome distributions. Global Ecology and Biogeography (2023)
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