Palstra, S. W. L.; Karstens, U.; Streurman, H. J.; Meijer, H. A. J.: Wine ethanol C-14 as a tracer for fossil fuel CO2 emissions in Europe: Measurements and model comparison. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 113 (D21), S. 21305 (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), S. 1442 - 1455 (2008)
Geels, C.; Gloor, M.; Ciais, P.; Bousquet, P.; Peylin, P.; Vermeulen, A. T.; Dargaville, R.; Aalto, T.; Brandt, J.; Christensen, J. H.et al.; Frohn, L. M.; Haszpra, L.; Karstens, U.; Rödenbeck, C.; Ramonet, M.; Carboni, G.; Santaguida, R.: Comparing atmospheric transport models for future regional inversions over Europe - Part 1: mapping the atmospheric CO2 signals. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7 (13), S. 3461 - 3479 (2007)
Levin, I.; Karstens, U.: Inferring high-resolution fossil fuel CO2 records at continental sites from combined 14CO2 and CO observations. Tellus, Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology 59 (2), S. 245 - 250 (2007)
Gamnitzer, U.; Karstens, U.; Kromer, B.; Neubert, R. E. M.; Meijer, H. A. J.; Schroeder, H.; Levin, I.: Carbon monoxide: A quantitative tracer for fossil fuel CO2? Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 111 (22), S. D22302 (2006)
Karstens, U.; Gloor, M.; Heimann, M.; Rödenbeck, C.: Insights from simulations with high-resolution transport and process models on sampling of the atmosphere for constraining midlatitude land carbon sinks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 111 (12), S. D12301 (2006)
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Chevillard, A.; Karstens, U.; Ciais, P.; Lafont, S.; Heimann, M.: Simulation of atmospheric CO2 over Europe and western Siberia using the regional scale model REMO. Tellus, Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology 54 (5), S. 872 - 894 (2002)
Lafont, S.; Kergoat, L.; Dedieu, G.; Chevillard, A.; Karstens, U.; Kolle, O.: Spatial and temporal variability of land CO2 fluxes estimated with remote sensing and analysis data over western Eurasia. Tellus, Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology 54 (5), S. 820 - 833 (2002)
Rockel, B.; Karstens, U.: Development of the water budget for three extra-tropical cyclones with intense rainfall over Europe. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 77 (1-4), S. 75 - 83 (2001)
Levin, I.; Karstens, U.: Quantifying fossil fuel CO2 over Europe. In: The continental-scale greenhouse gas balance of Europe, Bd. 203, S. 53 - 72 (Hg. Dolman, A. J.; Freibauer, A.; Valentini, R.). Springer, New York [u.a.] (2008)
International researchers found a pattern of extreme climate conditions leading to forest dieback. To do this, the team had collected worldwide records of climate-related tree and forest dieback events over the past nearly five decades. The results, recently published in Nature Communications, reveal an ominous scenario for forests in the context of ongoing global warming.
International forest experts analyzed major tree and forest dieback events that occurred globally in the last decades in response to climate extremes. To their surprise many forests were strongly affected that were not considered threatened based on current scientific understanding. The study, led by the MPI-BGC and published in Annual Reviews in Plant Biology, underscores also that further tree and forest dieback is likely to occur.
Precisely how does a forest system and the individual plants within it react to extreme drought? Understanding the processes involved is crucial to making forests more resilient in the increasingly dry climate that will result from climate change, and also important for refining climate models. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Christiane Werner from the University of Freiburg has conducted the most extensive experiment to date into this subject using stable isotopes to trace flows of water and carbon through a forest.
Sebastian Sippel, former PhD student and now postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, is awarded the Bernd Rendel Prize 2017 for junior geoscientists. The award ceremony will take place on September 25, 2017 during the general meeting of the German Geological Society in Bremen.
To monitor among other things extreme weather conditions, sea level modifications, changes in the ecosystems and coastal erosion the Integrated Arctic Observation System (INTAROS) has been launched on January 10-12, 2017 in Bergen, Norway, gathering 110 polar scientists. Among them were Prof. Martin Heiman, director, and Mathias Goeckede, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.
Gerd Gleixner, research group leader at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, receives the Thuringian Research Award in the field of fundamental research. In his project “Biodiversity protects the climate”, the scientist showed the importance of soil microorganisms in connection with climate protection: when species richness is abundant, the soil is increasingly able to store carbon and nitrogen. Ecosystems with high biodiversity are much more resistant against perturbations such as drought and pests.
Climatic extremes are likely to increase in the future and will affect ecosystem functions and services. The project Extreme Events and Environments from climate to Society (E3S) is one of eight newly launched Future Earth initiatives to support global sustainable development. The project is scientifically coordinated and managed at our institute.
The past year is both in Germany and globally one of the warmest or even the warmest year since 1881, the beginning of comprehensive temperature recordings.
Based on his research on the reaction of ecosystems and their carbon and water cycles on climate change, M. Reichstein was nominated by Thuringian STIFT and ministries for the award.
The project EMBRACE intends to improve the leading Earth System Models in order to allow more reliable projections of future global change processes. MPI-BGC is one of the 18 European partner institutions collaborating in this EU funded project.