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Here you find written information about the science in our institute.

Articles in the research magazine Max Planck Research

Five Questions on the future of the Amazon, with Prof. Susan Trumbore, MPF 3/2023 (pdf)
75 Years: Monitoring the earth’s vital signs, MPF 2/2023 (pdf)
The overfertilized earth, with Prof. Sönke Zaehle, MPF 3/2022 (pdf)
Infographic: Wind power, but done right, Information from Dr. PD Axel Kleidon, MPF 2/2022 (pdf)
Thawing permafrost, with Mathias Goeckede, MPF 4/2021 (pdf)
Forestry needs new roots, with Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann, MPF 3/2021 (pdf)
Predictable climate stress, with Prof. Markus Reichstein, MPF 1/2021 (pdf)
Forests change the Climate, with Prof. E.-D. Schulze, MPF 4/2020 (pdf)
Five Questions on over-fertilization and biodiversity, with Sönke Zaehle, MPF 02/2020 (pdf)
Burn damage in the rainforest, Questions for Prof. Susan Trumbore, MPF 4/2019 (pdf)
Rooted in the Forest - Portrait of Henrik Hartmann, MPF 1/2018 (pdf)
Drilling Deep into Earth’s History - Portrait of Christian Hallmann, MPF 4/2015 (pdf)
Balance in the Biotope - The Jena Experiment MPF 3/2015 (pdf)
Seeing the Forest for the Trees - Portrait of Susan Trumbore, 2014 MPF 3/2014 (pdf)
Earth’s Breath, MPF 3/2013 (pdf)
Powerhouse Earth, Axel Kleidon MPF 3/2012 (pdf)
Climate Buried in the Soil, Markus Reichstein MPF 4/2009 (pdf)
Survival through Diversity, 2008 MPF 2/2018 (pdf)

You can find all issues of Max Planck Research here.

Articles in the Yearbook of the Max Planck Society

The articles are written in German with a short English summary.

Tracking greenhouse gases: the HALO-CoMet missions (Christoph Gerbig, Michał Gałkowski, 2022)
Threats to ecosystems from recurring extreme events (A. Bastos, 2021)
The endangered skin we live on (G. Gleixner, 2020)
Climate extremes: from detection to prediction (M. Mahecha, M. Reichstein, 2019)
Water, ice and snow: Driving forces of climate change in the Arctic (M.Goeckede, 2018)
Coordinated experiments and modelling studies for a better understanding of the nutrient limitation of the terrestrial biosphere (S. Zaehle, 2017)
To spend or not to spend, that is the question. (H. Hartmann, 2016)
The carbon cycle from a different perspective (J. Marshall, 2015)
From bacteria to humans: Reconstructing early evolution with fossil biomarkers (C. Hallmann, 2014)
Global plant traits – a biodiversity database for Earth system sciences (C. Wirth, J. Kattge, 2013)
Climatic extreme events - do they affect the global carbon cycle? (M. Mahecha, 2013)
The Earth as a power plant: The natural generation of renewable energy within the Earth system and limits to its use (A. Kleidon, 2012)
Soil Carbon Storage: How the thin skin of the Earth influences global biogeochemical cycles and climate (M. Schrumpf, S. Trumbore, 2011)
Quantification of the global carbon cycle (C. Rödenbeck, 2010)
Experimental biodiversity research – The "Jena Experiment" (C. Roscher, G. Gleixner, E.-D. Schulze, 2009)
Functional biodiversity research at the global scale (C. Wirth, J. Kattge, 2008)
Global observation and modelling of vegetation and biogeochemical cycles (M. Reichstein, 2007)
Quantification of optimal biospheric functioning and its impact on the Earth system (A. Kleidon, 2006)
Airborne measurements and mesoscale modelling to constrain the CO2 budget on regional scales (C. Gerbig, R. Ahmadov, S. Körner, 2005)
New approaches to paleoclimate (G. Gleixner, 2004)
Dynamic Green Ocean Modelling (C. Le Quéré, 2003)
Stoffkreisläufe und Biodiversität in terrestrischen Ökosystemen (N. Buchmann, 2002) (pdf; 400 KB)

Thematical brochures

Flyer of the project Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)
Brochure of the project Zotino Tall Tower Observatory (ZOTTO)
Thuringian Wood Species - An Introduction to the Wood Exhibition at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena from Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Annett Börner & Sebastian Weist
How Has Our Climate Changed Already? - Frontiers for Young Minds by Ria Sarkar, René Orth and Martha M. Vogel