Churkina, G.; Brown, D. G.; Keoleian, G.: Carbon stored in human settlements: the conterminous United States. Global Change Biology 16 (1), pp. 135 - 143 (2010)
Churkina, G.; Zaehle, S.; Hughes, J.; Viovy, N.; Chen, Y.; Jung, M.; Heumann, B. W.; Ramankutty, N.; Heimann, M.; Jones, C.: Interactions between nitrogen deposition, land cover conversion, and climate change determine the contemporary carbon balance of Europe. Biogeosciences 7 (9), pp. 2749 - 2764 (2010)
Luyssaert, S.; Ciais, P.; Piao, S. L.; Schulze, E.-D.; Jung, M.; Zaehle, S.; Schelhaas, M. J.; Reichstein, M.; Churkina, G.; Papale, D.et al.; Abril, G.; Beer, C.; Grace, J.; Loustau, D.; Matteucci, G.; Magnani, F.; Nabuurs, G. J.; Verbeeck, H.; Sulkava, M.; Van Der Werf, G. R.; Janssens, I.; Team, C. S.: The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests. Global Change Biology 16 (5), pp. 1429 - 1450 (2010)
Churkina, G.; Brovkin, V.; Von Bloh, W.; Trusilova, K.; Jung, M.; Dentener, F.: Synergy of rising nitrogen depositions and atmospheric CO2 on land carbon uptake moderately offsets global warming. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 23, p. GB4027 (2009)
Trusilova, K.; Jung, M.; Churkina, G.: On climate impacts of a potential expansion of urban land in Europe. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 48, pp. 1971 - 1980 (2009)
Hakkenberg, R.; Churkina, G.; Rodeghiero, M.; Börner, A.; Steinhof, A.; Cescatti, A.: Temperature sensitivity of the turnover times of soil organic matter in forests. Ecological Applications 18 (1), pp. 119 - 131 (2008)
Richardson, A. D.; Mahecha, M. D.; Falge, E.; Kattge, J.; Moffat, A. M.; Papale, D.; Reichstein, M.; Stauch, V. J.; Braswell, B. H.; Churkina, G.et al.; Kruijt, B.; Hollinger, D. Y.: Statistical properties of random CO2 flux measurement uncertainty inferred from model residuals. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148 (1), pp. 38 - 50 (2008)
Trusilova, K.; Churkina, G.: The response of the terrestrial biosphere to urbanization: land cover conversion, climate, and urban pollution. Biogeosciences 5 (6), pp. 1505 - 1515 (2008)
Trusilova, K.; Jung, M.; Churkina, G.; Karstens, U.; Heimann, M.; Claussen, M.: Urbanization impacts on the climate in Europe: Numerical experiments by the PSU-NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5). Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 47 (5), pp. 1442 - 1455 (2008)
Jung, M.; Le Maire, G.; Zaehle, S.; Luyssaert, S.; Vetter, M.; Churkina, G.; Ciais, P.; Viovy, N.; Reichstein, M.: Assessing the ability of three land ecosystem models to simulate gross carbon uptake of forests from boreal to Mediterranean climate in Europe. Biogeosciences 4 (4), pp. 647 - 656 (2007)
Jung, M.; Vetter, M.; Herold, M.; Churkina, G.; Reichstein, M.; Zaehle, S.; Ciais, P.; Viovy, N.; Bondeau, A.; Chen, Y.et al.; Trusilova, K.; Feser, F.; Heimann, M.: Uncertainties of modeling gross primary productivity over Europe: A systematic study on the effects of using different drivers and terrestrial biosphere models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21 (4), p. Gb4021 (2007)
Moffat, A. M.; Papale, D.; Reichstein, M.; Hollinger, D. Y.; Richardson, A. D.; Barr, A. G.; Beckstein, C.; Braswell, B. H.; Churkina, G.; Desai, A. R.et al.; Falge, E.; Gove, J. H.; Heimann, M.; Hui, D. F.; Jarvis, A. J.; Kattge, J.; Noormets, A.; Stauch, V. J.: Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 147 (3-4), pp. 209 - 232 (2007)
Jung, M.; Henkel, K.; Herold, M.; Churkina, G.: Exploiting synergies of global land cover products for carbon cycle modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment 101 (4), pp. 534 - 553 (2006)
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 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”.
Dr. Henrik Hartmann, group leader at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, takes over the management of the newly founded Institute for Forest Conservation at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Quedlinburg. We are happy with him about his new area of responsibility and we will stay in touch.