Kleidon, A.: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, maximum entropy production and Earth-system evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London - Series A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 368 (1910), pp. 181 - 196 (2010)
Kleidon, A.: A basic introduction to the thermodynamics of the Earth system far from equilibrium and maximum entropy production. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 365 (1545), pp. 1303 - 1315 (2010)
Kleidon, A.: Life as the major driver of planetary geochemical disequilibrium: Reply to comments on "Life, hierarchy, and the thermodynamic machinery of planet Earth". Physics of Life Reviews 7 (4), pp. 473 - 476 (2010)
Kleidon, A.; Malhi, Y.; Cox, P. M.: Maximum entropy production in environmental and ecological systems Introduction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 365 (1545), pp. 1297 - 1302 (2010)
Schymanski, S. J.; Kleidon, A.; Stieglitz, M.; Narula, J.: Maximum entropy production allows a simple representation of heterogeneity in semiarid ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 365 (1545), pp. 1449 - 1455 (2010)
Simoncini, E.; Kleidon, A.; Gallori, E.: The emergence of life: Thermodynamics of chemical free energy generation in off-axis hydrothermal vent systems and its consequences for compartmentalization and life's origins. Journal of Cosmology 10, pp. 3325 - 3344 (2010)
Xu, X. K.; Kleidon, A.; Miller, L.; Wang, S. Q.; Wang, L. Q.; Dong, G. C.: Late Quaternary glaciation in the Tianshan and implications for palaeoclimatic change: a review. Boreas 39 (2), pp. 215 - 232 (2010)
Kleidon, A.: Climatic constraints on maximum levels of human metabolic activity and their relation to human evolution and global change. Climatic Change 95 (3-4), pp. 405 - 431 (2009)
Kleidon, A.; Adams, J.; Pavlick, R.; Reu, B.: Simulated geographic variations of plant species richness, evenness and abundance using climatic constraints on plant functional diversity. Environmental Research Letters 4 (1), p. 014007 (2009)
Arens, S.; Kleidon, A.: Global sensitivity of weathering rates to atmospheric CO2 under the assumption of saturated river discharge. Mineralogical Magazine 72 (1), pp. 301 - 304 (2008)
Kleidon, A.; Schymanski, S.: Thermodynamics and optimality of the water budget on land: A review. Geophysical Research Letters 35 (20), p. L20404 (2008)
Kleidon, A.: Thermodynamics and environmental constraints make the biosphere predictable - a response to Volk. Climatic Change 85 (3-4), pp. 259 - 266 (2007)
Kleidon, A.; Fraedrich, K.; Low, C.: Multiple steady-states in the terrestrial atmosphere-biosphere system: a result of a discrete vegetation classification? Biogeosciences 4 (5), pp. 707 - 714 (2007)
Kleidon, A.: Quantifying the biologically possible range of steady-state soil and surface climates with climate model simulations. Biologia (Bratislava) 61 (19), pp. S234 - S239 (2006)
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.
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.
Recently, representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Research and foreign ambassadors visited the German-Brazilian research station ATTO. On site, Research Minister Pontes promised multi-million investments in Amazon research and also in ATTO. This is intended to further expand the infrastructure and strengthen research in Brazil.
For the German-Brazilian joint project ATTO (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory), the Max Planck Society on the German side will continue to ensure the continued operation of the research station in the Brazilian rainforest and research. In addition, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will fund the project with ATTO+ for another three years with around 5 million euros.