Ding, S.; Kohlhepp, B.; Trumbore, S. E.; Küsel, K.; Totsche, K.-U.; Pohnert, G.; Gleixner, G.; Schwab, V. F.: In situ production of core and intact bacterial and archaeal tetraether lipids in groundwater. Organic Geochemistry 126, pp. 1 - 12 (2018)
Ding, S.: Sources and environmental controls of microbial membrane lipids in soils and groundwater. Dissertation, 125 pp., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2019)
A new study shows a natural solution to mitigate the effects of climate change such as extreme weather events. Researchers found that a diverse plant community acts as a buffer against fluctuations in soil temperature. This buffer, in turn, can have a decisive influence on important ecosystem processes.
Storing carbon in the soil can help to mitigate climate change. Soil organic matter bound to minerals in particular can store carbon in the long term. A new study shows that the formation of mineral-associated organic matter depends primarily on the type of mineral, but is also influenced by land use and cultivation intensity.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is to fund a Research Unit in the Jena Experiment for a further four years with around five million euros. The new focus is on the stabilising effect of biodiversity against extreme climate events such as heat, frost or heavy rainfall.
The future of the Amazon rainforest and its influence on the global climate were the focus of the visit by Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Steffi Lemke to the ATTO in Brazil. The President and the Federal Minister for the Environment visited the German-Brazilian research station on January 2nd.
Susan Trumbore receives AGU’s William Kaula Award, dedicated to “recognize an individual who has unselfishly served AGU’s publications program and the scientific community through extraordinary dedication and efforts”.