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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

Systemic Risk Briefing Note published
March 10, 2022
The guidance document highlights complexity of interconnected, interdependent, and uncertain challenges. more

Statement of the MPI-BGC Directors on the War against Ukraine
March 09, 2022
We condemn the war of aggression and the associated breach of international law on the part of the Russian and Belarussian governments. more

New Max Planck Tandem group in Colombia
March 07, 2022
Max Planck Tandem group in Bogota, led by Prof. Dr. Stijn Hantson, will study the impact of fire in the Earth System. more

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Recent Publications

Ideas and perspectives: Allocation of carbon from Net Primary Production in models is inconsistent with observations of the age of respired carbon
Sierra, C., Ceballos-Núñez, V., Hartmann, H., Herrera-Ramirez, D., Metzler, H. (2022) EGUsphere. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2022-34

Briefing note on systemic risk
Sillmann, J., Christensen, I., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Huang-Lachmann, J.-T., Juhola, S., Kornhuber, K., Mahecha, M. D., Mechler, R., Reichstein, M., Ruane, A. C., Schweizer, P.-J., Williams, S. (2022) International Science Council. doi:10.24948/2022.01

Contrasting responses of forest growth and carbon sequestration to heat and drought in the Alps
Oddi, L., Migliavacca, M., Cremonese, E., Filippa, G., Vacchiano, G., Siniscalco, C., di Cella, U. M., Galvagno, M. (in press) Environmental Research Letters. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac5b3a

Editorial: Carbon storage in agricultural and forest soils
Chabbi, A., Rumpel, C., Hagedorn, F., Schrumpf, M., Baveye, P. C. (2022) Frontiers of Environmental Science. 10, 848572. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.848572

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Departments (quick links)

Biogeochemical Processes (Trumbore)
Biogeochemical Integration (Reichstein)
Biogeochemical Signals (Zaehle)

Research Groups (quick links)

Molecular Biogeochemistry (Gleixner)
Biogeochemical Systems (Heimann)
Biospheric Theory & Modeling (Kleidon)
Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate (Orth)
Carbon Balance & Ecosystems (Schulze)
Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology (Sierra)
Functional Biogeography (Wirth & Kattge)
Extreme Events (Groucutt)

Video and Audio

The Flora Incognita Project (youtube video)
The Jena Experiment (video)
Klima - der Kohlenstoffkreislauf (video)

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Future Events

Forsche Schüler Tag am MPI-BGC
April 28, 2022

EEBIOMASS Summer School
May 30 - June 01, 2022

ESRP Meeting 2022
May 30 - May 31, 2022


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Seminars and Colloquia


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