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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Yang, H.; Munson, S. M.; Huntingford, C.; Carvalhais, N.; Knapp, A. K.; Li, X.; Peñuelas, J.; Zscheischler, J.; Chen, A.: The detection and attribution of extreme reductions in vegetation growth across the global land surface. Global Change Biology 29 (8), pp. 2351 - 2362 (2023)
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Milz, S.; Wäldchen, J.; Abouee, A.; Ravichandran, A. A.; Schall, P.; Hagen, C.; Borer, J.; Lewandowski, B.; Wittich, H.-C.; Mäder, P.: The HAInich: A multidisciplinary vision data-set for a better understanding of the forest ecosystem. Scientific Data 10, 168 (2023)
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Tschumi, E.; Lienert, S.; Bastos, A.; Ciais, P.; Gregor, K.; Joos, F.; Knauer, J.; Papastefanou, P.; Rammig, A.; van der Wiel, K. et al.; Williams, K.; Xu, Y.; Zaehle, S.; Zscheischler, J.: Large variability in simulated response of vegetation composition and carbon dynamics to variations in drought-heat occurrence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (accepted)
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Brandt, G.; Balfanz, A.; Fomferra, N.; Harish, T. M.; Mahecha, M.; Kraemer, G.; Montero, D.; Meißl, S.; Achtsnit, S.; Umlauft, J. et al.; Neumann, A.; Horton, A.; Ewart, M.; Gans, F.; Anghelea, A.: DeepESDL – an open platform for research and collaboration in Earth Sciences. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-15225, Vienna, Austria, April 24, 2023 - April 28, 2023. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-15225 (accepted)
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Sarkar, R.; Orth, R.; Vogel, M. M.: How has our climate changed already? Frontiers for Young Minds 11, 716536 (2023)
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