Exploring the Earth System
We contribute to the understanding of how living organisms – including humans - exchange fundamental resources like water, carbon, nitrogen and energy with their environment, and how this affects and responds to global climate and environmental change.
News
 | Prolongation of our graduate schoolJanuary 18, 2021The graduate school jointly operated by the MPI-BGC and the FSU is again successfully extended. more |
 | Corona pandemic leads to record decline in global CO2 emissions December 11, 2020Worldwide, CO2 emissions have fallen sharply as a result of the Corona crisis. MPI-BGC scientists are involved in balancing the global carbon budget. more |
 | Drought damages trees and forest soilsDecember 10, 2020Persistent drought not only damages forest trees but also changes substantially the biological activity in the forest soil. more |
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Recent Publications
| Patterns of richness across forest beetle communities—A methodological comparison of observed and estimated species numbers Haack, N., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., Schlegel, M., Wirth, C., Bernhard, D., Brunk, I., Henle, K. (2020) Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1002/ece3.7093 |
| A model for estimating transpiration from remotely sensed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence Shan, N., Zhang, Y., Chen, J. M., Jua, W., Migliavacca, M., Peñuelas, J., Yang, X., Zhang, Z., Nelson, J. A., Goulas, Y. (2021) Remote Sensing of Environment. 252, 112134. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112134 |
| Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems Kropp, H., Loranty, M. M., Natali, S. M., Kholodov, A. L., Rocha, A. V., Myers-Smith, I., Abbot, B. W., Abermann, J., Blanc-Betes, E., Blok, D., Blume-Werry, G., Boike, J., Breen, A. L., Cahoon, S. M. P., Christiansen, C. T., Douglas, T. A., Epstein, H. E., Frost, G. V., Göckede, M., Høye, T. T., Mamet, S. D., O’Donnell, J. A., Olefeldt, D., Phoenix, G. K., Salmon, V. G., Sannel, A. B. K., Smith, S. L., Sonnentag, O., Vaughn, L. S., Williams, M., Elberling, B., Gough, L., Hjort, J., Lafleur, P. M., Euskirchen, E. S., Monique, Heijmans, M., Humphreys, E. R., Iwata, H., Jones, B. M., Jorgenson, M. T., Grünberg, I., Kim, Y., Laundre, J., Mauritz, M., Michelsen, A., Schaepman-Strub, G., Tape, K. D., Ueyama, M., Lee, B.-Y., Langley, K., Lund, M. (2020) Environmental Research Letters. 16, 015001. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc994 |
| Vegetation modulates the impact of climate extremes on gross primary production Flach, M., Brenning, A., Gans, F., Reichstein, M., Sippel, S., Mahecha, M. D. (2021) Biogeosciences. 18, 39-53. doi:10.5194/bg-18-39-2021 |
| Detecting tree species effects on forest canopy temperatures with thermal remote sensing: The role of spatial resolution Richter, R., Hutengs, C., Wirth, C., Bannehr, L., Vohland, M. (2021) Remote Sensing. 13, 135. doi:10.3390/rs13010135 |
| Advances in hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation traits and functions Zhangab, Y., Migliavacca, M., Penuelase, J., Ju, W. (2021) Remote Sensing of Environment. 252, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112121 |