Scientific Publications

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 (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)

Liu, J.; Qian, Y.; Wang, S.; Gu, W.; Guo, D.: Characterizing diurnal variations and driving factors of major gaseous pollutants across China. Atmospheric Environment 367, 121759 (2026)

Luo, H.; Bastos, A.; Reichstein, M.; Duveiller, G.; Kretzschmar, J.; Quaas, J.: Hydroclimate shapes photosynthetic sensitivity to cloud cover across global terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Communications 17, 1646 (2026)

Jin, Z.; Liu, L.; Yang, Q.; Jia, X.; Tao, S.; Guo, Y.; Ghosh, R.; Wang, S.; Zhu, Q.; Jung, M. et al.; Guan, K.; Kumar, V.; Reichstein, M.; Fang, J.; Luo, Y.: Knowledge-guided machine learning for global change ecology research. Global Change Biology 32 (2), e70742 (2026)

Feng, M.; Sexton, J. O.; Wang, P.; Montesano, P. M.; Calle, L.; Carvalhais, N.; Poulter, B.; Macander, M. J.; Wulder, M. A.; Wooten, M. et al.; Wagner, W.; Elders, A.; Channan, S.; Neigh, C. S.R.: Northward shift of boreal tree cover confirmed by satellite record. Biogeosciences 23 (3), pp. 1089 - 1101 (2026)

Botia, S.; Dias-Junior, C. Q.; Komiya, S.; van der Woude, A.; Terristi, M.; de Kok, R.; Koren, G.; van Asperen, H.; Jones, S. P.; D'Oliveira, F. A. F. et al.; Weber, U.; Marques-Filho, E.; Toro, I. M. C.; Araújo, A.; Lavric, J.; Walter, D.; Li, X.; Wigneron, J.-P.; Stocker, B.; de Souza, J. G.; O'Sullivan, M.; Sitch, S.; Ciais, P.; Chevallier, F.; Li, W.; Luijkx, I. T.; Peters, W.; Quesada, C. A.; Zaehle, S.; Trumbore, S. E.; Bastos, A.: Reduced vegetation uptake during the extreme 2023 drought turns the Amazon into a weak carbon source. AGU Advances 7 (1), e2025AV001658 (2026)

Cui, H.-X.; Bi, Q.-F.; Ye, J.; Li, Y.-C.; Liao, H.; Su, J.-Q.: Horizontal gene transfer between bacteriophages and their hosts is a key factor in the bloom of antibiotic resistance genes in Metaphire californica. Geoderma 466, 117676 (2026)

Wang, C.; Chen, J.; Lee, S.-C.; Xu, C.-Y.: A multivariate framework to quantify propagation characteristics from soil drought to socio-ecological productivity. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 63, 103080 (2026)

Pu, J.; Chang, Y.; Winkler, A.; Zuo, Z.; Chen, C.; Knyazikhin, Y.; Myneni, R. B.: Large gains in leaf scale photosynthetic rates of sparsely vegetated arid and semi-arid lands. Communications Earth & Environment 7, 97 (2026)