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.

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Widespread increasing vegetation sensitivity to soil moisture July 11, 2022 The increasing vegetation sensitivity to soil moisture, recently published based on simulations from climate models, is now backed up with observation-based data. more

Ecosystems get increasingly thirsty due to climate change July 04, 2022 Increasing global temperatures alleviate energy limitations for plants and ecosystems, water increasingly limits their functions. more

Life in the earth’s interior as productive as in some ocean waters June 30, 2022 Researchers discover microbes in pitch-dark aquifers as important primary producers. more

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