Scientific Publications

Duncanson, L.; Montesano, P.M.; Neuenschwander, A.; Zarringhalam, A.; Thomas, N.; Minor, D.M.; Wulder, M.A.; White, J.C.; Guenther, E.; Feng, T. et al.; Leitold, V.; Hancock, S.; Armston, J.; Puliti, S.; Mandel, A.I.; Shah, S.; Silva, C.; Purslow, M.; Bruening, J.; Breidenbach, J.; Næsset, E.; Saarela, S.; Hunka, N.; Kellner, J.R.; Healey, S.P.; Schepaschenko, D.; Wallerman, J.; Neigh, C.S.R.; Carvalhais, N.; Dubayah, R.: Global and boreal estimates of woody aboveground biomass for 2020: Filling GEDI'S northern data gap with ICESat-2 and harmonized landsat sentinel-2. Remote Sensing of Environment 340, 115406 (2026)

Shi, K.; Liao, J.; Delgado-Baquerizo, M.; Zou, X.; Chen, H. Y.H.; Bi, Q.-F.; Fang, Y.; Yan, Z.; Ren, T.; Ruan, H.: Forest development and seasonal variation drive functional reorganization of soil microbiomes and enzymatic activities. Catena 267, 109976 (2026)

Kreibich, H.; Swain, D. L.; Chang, F.-J.; Reichstein, M.; Benson, V.; Holden, P.; Yang, T.; Sultana, F.; Funk, C.; Kobei, D.: Stewardship under shifting drought baselines. One Earth 9 (5), 101707 (2026)

Morris, K.; Nair, R.: Below the leaves: Integrating above- and below-ground phenology for earth-system predictability. Functional Ecology 40 (5), pp. 1251 - 1269 (2026)

Pu, J.; Gao, S.; Yan, K.; Sun, X.; Winkler, A.; Wang, Q.; Mynen, R. B.: Disentangling the effects of FPAR, CO₂, and climate on terrestrial vegetation productivity trends over two decades (2001–2023). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 382, 111122 (2026)

Wang, H.; Maestre, F. T.; Lu, N.; Zhao, G.; Zhang, Y.; Asensio, S.; Bramble, D. S.; Chen, W.; Dippold, M. A.; Eldridge, D. J. et al.; Gaitán, J. J.; García-Gómez, M.; Gozalo, B.; Gross, N.; Guirado, E.; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y.; Martínez-Valderrama, J.; Mendoza, B. J.; Ochoa, V.; Plaza, C.; Saiz, H.; Schrumpf, M.; Sierra, C. A.; Tangarife-Escobar, A.; Valencia, E.; von Fromm, S. F.; Wang, C.; Wang, K.; Wang, Y.; Zaehle, S.; Fu, B.; Trumbore, S. E.; Huang, J.: Persistence and turnover of soil organic carbon in global drylands. Nature Communications 17, 3565 (2026)

Moreno-Martínez, Á.; Muñoz-Marí, J.; Adsuara, J. E.; Dechant, B.; Kattge, J.; Kattenborn, T.; Sabatini, F. M.; Schneider, F. D.; Duveiller, G.; van Bodegom, P. M. et al.; Butler, E. E.; Mahecha, M. D.; Izquierdo-Verdiguier, E.; Peñuelas, J.; Boenisch, G.; Pavlick, R.; Townsend, P. A.; Carvalhais, N.; Lusk, D.; Camps-Valls, G.: Leveraging remote sensing and crowd-sourced biodiversity data for enhanced plant functional trait mapping. Nature Communications (2026)

Tiggeloven, T.; Raymond, C.; Ruiter, M. C. d.; Sillmann, J.; Thieken, A. H.; Buijs, S. L.; Ciurean, R.; Cordier, E.; Crummy, J. M.; Cumiskey, L. et al.; De Polt, K.; Duncan, M.; Ferrario, D. M.; Jäger, W. S.; Koks, E. E.; van Maanen, N.; Murdock, H. J.; Mysiak, J.; Nirandjan, S.; Poschlod, B.; Priesmeier, P.; Sairam, N.; Schweizer, P.-J.; Stolte, T. R.; Zenker, M.-L.; Daniell, J. E.; Fekete, A.; Geiß, C. M.; van den Homberg, M. J. C.; Juhola, S. K.; Kuhlicke, C.; Lebek, K.; Trogrlić, . Š.; Schneiderbauer, S.; Torresan, S.; van Westen, C. J.; Claassen, J. N.; Khazai, B.; Murray, V.; Schlumberger, J.; Ward, P. J.: Multi-hazard risk assessment and management: pathways for the Sendai Framework and beyond. Geoscience communication 9 (2), pp. 185 - 221 (2026)

Pereira Santos, A.; De Angeli, S.; Hanf, F. S.; Mirbach, C.; van Maanen, N.; Benson, V.; de Ruiter, M. C.; Dunant, A.; Terzi, S.; Schweizer, P.-J. et al.; Carvalho, T. M. N.; de Brito, M. M.; De Polt, K.; Trogrlic, R. S.; van den Homberg, M.: Workshop report—Vulnerability in multi-hazard risks: Addressing its complexity and dynamics. iScience 29 (4), 115250 (2026)

Ascenso, G.; Giuliani, M.; Pérez-Aracil, J.; Salcedo-Sanz, S.; Bertini, C.; Bonetti, P.; Camps-Valls, G.; Fernández Torres, M. Á.; Ficchì, A.; Linscheid, N. et al.; Merlo, M.; Palcic, G.; Reichstein, M.; Restelli, M.; Toreti, A.; Walt, E.; Castelletti, A.: The maturation of AI in drought science: A review of trends, pitfalls, and priorities. Water Resources Research 62 (4), e2025WR041828 (2026)

Heinrich, S.; Yu, X.; Limousin, J.-M.; Werner, C.; Bastos, A.; Hoek van Dijke, A. J.; Walther, S.; Kroll, J.; Orth, R.: No legacy effects of severe drought on carbon and water fluxes in a Mediterranean oak forest. Plant Biology 28 (3), pp. 671 - 683 (2026)

Zhao, W.; Fang, J.; Yang, T.; Lian, X.; Winkler, A.; Sun, F.; Gentine, P.: Observation-constrained physical snow water equivalent simulations using a physics-guided machine learning approach. Water Resources Research 62 (3), e2025WR041406 (2026)

Hanggara, B. B.; El-Madany, T. S.; Carrara, A.; Moreno, G.; Gonzalez-Cascon, R.; Burchard-Levine, V.; Martin, P.; Metzger, S.; Hildebrandt, A.; Reichstein, M. et al.; Lee, S.-C.: Non‐abrupt vegetation changes due to altered nutrient balance make complex scale‐dependent warming and cooling effects. Global Change Biology 32 (3), e70782 (2026)

Ruiz-Vásquez, M.; O, S.; Brenning, A.; Reichstein, M.; Balsamo, G.; Orth, R.: Land surface information from satellites boost near-surface temperature forecast skill. Communications Earth & Environment 7, 245 (2026)

Zhao, Y.; Lu, N.; Trumbore, S. E.; Goebel, Martin, M.; Kübler, K.; Wang, H.; Schrumpf, M.; Wang, K.; Wang, C.; Fu, B. et al.; Huang, J.: Tracing soil CO₂ fluxes under drying-rewetting cycles: Isotopic insights from an automatic soil incubation system. Environmental Science & Technology 60 (11), pp. 8482 - 8493 (2026)

Mahecha, M. D.; Kraemer, G.; Reinhardt, M.; Montero, D.; Gans, F.; Bastos, A.; Feilhauer, H.; Flika, I.; Jia, C.; Kattenborn, T. et al.; Migliavacca, M.; Mönks, M.; Quaas, J.; Sippel, S.; Walther, S.; Wieneke, S.; Wirth, C.; Camps-Valls, G.: Accelerated north–east shift of the global green wave trajectory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (9), e2515835123 (2026)

Pacheco-Labrador, J.; Gomarasca, U.; Pabon-Moreno, D. E.; Li, W.; Migliavacca, M.; Jung, M.; Duveiller, G.: Benchmarking remote sensing methods to capture plant functional diversity from space. Ecological Informatics 94, 103636 (2026)

Verhoef, A.; Zeng, Y.; Agam, N.; Best, M.; Bonetti, S.; Boussetta, S.; Chaney, N.; Cuntz, M.; Edwards, J.; Gupta, S. et al.; Heitman, J.; Huang, M.; Jarvis, N.; Jiang, S.; Kandala, R.; Kiałkan, F.; Lian, T.; Mu, M.; Nemes, A.; Paulus, S.; Raoult, N.; Reddy, K. N.; Romano, N.; Sabot, M.; Vanderborght, J.; van Oevelen, P.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Weber, T. K. D.; Marthews, T.; Weihermüller, L.: Rethinking soils in land surface models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 107 (3), E665 (2026)

Hanggara, B. B.; Stiegler, C.; Hata, Y.; Melling, L.; June, T.; Kumagai, T.; Hirano, T.; Knohl, A.: Trade-offs between carbon and water fluxes along a land use intensity gradient in southeast Asian forests and plantations. Global Change Biology 32 (2), e70753 (2026)

Munoz, E.; Anaya, J. A.; Clerici, N.; Estupinan-Suarez, L. M.; Lopera, I.; Richter, S.; Salazar, A.; Sierra, C.; Tangarife-Escobar, A.; Mahecha, M. D. et al.; Montero, D.; Palacios-Rodríguez, P.; Ramos, P.; Botia, S.: An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio-economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia. New Phytologist (2026)