Zhang, X.; Xu, B.; Günther, F.; Witt, R.; Wang, M.; Xie, Y.; Zhao, H.; Li, J.; Gleixner, G.: Rapid northward shift of the Indian monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau at the end of the Little Ice Age. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 (17), pp. 9262 - 9279 (2017)
Saini, J.; Günther, F.; Aichner, B.; Mischke, S.; Herzschuh, U.; Zhang, C.; Mäusbacher, R.; Gleixner, G.: Climate variability in the past ∼19,000 yr in NE Tibetan Plateau inferred from biomarker and stable isotope records of Lake Donggi Cona. Quaternary Science Reviews 157 (1), pp. 129 - 140 (2017)
Witt, R.; Günther, F.; Lauterbach, S.; Kasper, T.; Mäusbacher, R.; Yao, T.; Gleixner, G.: Biogeochemical evidence for freshwater periods during the Last Glacial Maximum recorded in lake sediments from Nam Co, south-central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Paleolimnology 55 (1), pp. 67 - 82 (2016)
Günther, F.; Thiele, A.; Gleixner, G.; Xu, B.; Yao, T.; Schouten, S.: Distribution of bacterial and archaeal ether lipids in soils and surface sediments of Tibetan lakes: Implications for GDGT-based proxies in saline high mountain lakes. Organic Geochemistry 67, pp. 19 - 30 (2014)
Günther, F.; Aichner, B.; Siegwolf, R.; Xu, B.; Yao, T.; Gleixner, G.: A synthesis of hydrogen isotope variability and its hydrological significance at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International 313-314, pp. 3 - 16 (2013)
Günther, F.; Mügler, I.; Mäusbacher, R.; Daut, G.; Leopold, K.; Gerstmann, U. C.; Xu, B.; Yao, T.; Gleixner, G.: Response of δ D values of sedimentary n-alkanes to variations in source water isotope signals and climate proxies at lake Nam Co, Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International 236, pp. 82 - 90 (2011)
Günther, F.: Reconstruction of Asian monsoon using compound-specific isotope signals of aquatic and terrestrial biomarkers in Tibetan lake systems. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2013)
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.
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.