Massad, T.; Balch, J. K.; Mews, C. L.; Porto, P.; Junior, B. H. M.; Quintino, R. M.; Brando, P. M.; Vieira, S. A.; Trumbore, S. E.: Early recruitment responses to interactions between frequent fires, nutrients, and herbivory in the southern Amazon. Oecologia 178 (3), pp. 807 - 817 (2015)
Keiner, R.; Frosch, T.; Massad, T.; Trumbore, S. E.; Popp, J.: Enhanced Raman multigas sensing - a novel tool for control and analysis of 13CO2 labeling experiments in environmental research. Analyst 139, 16, pp. 3813 - 4090 (2014)
Massad, T.; Trumbore, S. E.; Ganbat, G.; Reichelt, M.; Unsicker, S.; Boeckler, A.; Gleixner, G.; Gershenzon, J.; Ruehlow, S.: An optimal defense strategy for phenolic glycoside production in Populus trichocarpa — isotope labeling demonstrates secondary metabolite production in growing leaves. New Phytologist 203 (2), pp. 607 - 619 (2014)
Massad, T.: Ontogenetic differences of herbivory on woody and herbaceous plants: a meta-analysis demonstrating unique effects of herbivory on the young and the old, the slow and the fast. Oecologia 172, pp. 1 - 10 (2012)
Massad, T.; Balch, J. K.; Davidson, E. A.; Brando, P. M.; Mews, C. L.; Porto, P.; Quintino, R. M.; Vieira, S. A.; Marimon Junior, B. H.; Trumbore, S. E.: Interactions between repeated fire, nutrients, and insect herbivores affect the recovery of diversity in the southern Amazon. Oecologia 172 (2), pp. 219 - 229 (2012)
Massad, T. J.: Interactions in tropical reforestation - how plant defence and polycultures can reduce growth-limiting herbivory. Applied Vegetation Science 15 (3), pp. 338 - 348 (2012)
Massad, T. J.; Chambers, J. Q.; Rolim, S. G.; Jesus, R. M.; Dyer, L. A.: Restoration of Pasture to Forest in Brazil's Mata Atlantica: The Roles of Herbivory, Seedling Defenses, and Plot Design in Reforestation. Restoration Ecology 19, pp. 257 - 267 (2011)
Massad, T. J.; Fincher, R. M.; Smilanich, A. M.; Dyer, L.: A quantitative evaluation of major plant defense hypotheses, nature versus nurture, and chemistry versus ants. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 5 (2), pp. 125 - 139 (2011)
Massad, T. J.; Dyer, L. A.: A meta-analysis of the effects of global environmental change on plant-herbivore interactions. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 4 (3), pp. 181 - 188 (2010)
The BIOMASS satellite was successfully launched into orbit on 29 April 2025. The BIOMASS mission is designed to map and monitor global forests. It will map the structure of different forest types and provide data on above-ground biomass.
Thanks to FLUXCOM-X, the next generation of data driven, AI-based earth system models, scientists can now see the Earth’s metabolism at unprecedented detail – assessed everywhere on land and every hour of the day.
Extreme climate events endanger groundwater quality and stability, when rain water evades natural purification processes in the soil. This was demonstrated in long-term groundwater analyses using new analytical methods.
Extreme precipitation should increase with warmer temperatures. Data from tropical regions show that this correlation is obscured by the cooling effect of clouds. When cloud effects are corrected, the increase in extreme precipitation with rising temperatures becomes apparent.
More frequent strong storms are destroying ever larger areas of the Amazon rainforest. Storm damage was mapped between 1985 and 2020. The total area of affected forests roughly quadrupled in the period studied.
The Global Carbon Project shows that fossil CO2 emissions will continue to rise in 2024. There is no sign of the rapid and substantial decline in emissions that would be needed to limit the impact of climate change
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will hold a joint conference on the challenges of achieving carbon neutrality in Berlin on October 29-30, 2024.
Experts from science, journalism, local authorities and non-governmental organizations consider a change of course in communication on climate issues to be urgently needed. The appeal was published on the occasion of the K3 Congress on Climate Communication with around 400 participants in Graz.