Sierra, C.; Malghani, S.; Loescher, H. W.: Interactions among temperature, moisture, and oxygen concentrations in controlling decomposition rates in a boreal forest soil. Biogeosciences 14 (3), pp. 703 - 710 (2017)
Malghani, S.; Reim, A.; von Fischer, J.; Conrad, R.; Kuebler, K.; Trumbore, S. E.: Soil methanotroph abundance and community composition are not influenced by substrate availability in laboratory incubations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 101, pp. 184 - 194 (2016)
Malghani, S.; Jüschke, E.; Baumert, J.; Thuille, A.; Antonietti, M.; Trumbore, S. E.; Gleixner, G.: Carbon sequestration potential of hydrothermal carbonization char (hydrochar) in two contrasting soils; results of a 1-year field study. Biology and Fertility of Soils 51 (1), pp. 123 - 134 (2015)
Malghani, S.; Gleixner, G.; Trumbore, S. E.: Chars produced by slow pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization vary in carbon sequestration potential and greenhouse gases emissions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 62, pp. 137 - 146 (2013)
Malghani, S. U.: Microbial control of greenhouse gas flux and thermally carbonized biomass decomposition in upland temperate soils. Dissertation, X, 132 pp., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2015)
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.
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.
Microorganisms decompose falling leaves, thus improving soil quality and counteracting climate change. But how do these single-celled organisms coordinate their distribution of tasks? An international research team has investigated this hitherto poorly understood process.