Merbold, L.; Ziegler, W.; Mukelabai, M. M.; Kutsch, W. L.: Spatial and temporal variation of CO2 efflux along a disturbance gradient in a miombo woodland in Western Zambia. Biogeosciences 8 (1), pp. 147 - 164 (2011)
De Villiers, M. S.; Mecenero, S.; Sherley, R. B.; Heinze, E.; Kieser, J.; Leshoro, T. M.; Merbold, L.; Nordt, A.; Parsons, N. J.; Peter, H. U.: Introduced European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and domestic cats (Felis catus) on Robben Island: Population trends and management recommendations. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 (2), pp. 139 - 148 (2010)
Merbold, L.; Ardo, J.; Arneth, A.; Scholes, R. J.; Nouvellon, Y.; De Grandcourt, A.; Archibald, S.; Bonnefond, J. M.; Boulain, N.; Brueggemann, N.et al.; Bruemmer, C.; Cappelaere, B.; Ceschia, E.; El-Khidir, H. A. M.; El-Tahir, B. A.; Falk, U.; Lloyd, J.; Kergoat, L.; Le Dantec, V.; Mougin, E.; Muchinda, M.; Mukelabai, M. M.; Ramier, D.; Roupsard, O.; Timouk, F.; Veenendaal, E. M.; Kutsch, W. L.: Precipitation as driver of carbon fluxes in 11 African ecosystems. Biogeosciences 6 (6), pp. 1027 - 1041 (2009)
Merbold, L.; Kutsch, W. L.; Corradi, C.; Kolle, O.; Rebmann, C.; Stoy, P. C.; Zimov, S. A.; Schulze, E.-D.: Artificial drainage and associated carbon fluxes (CO2/CH4) in a tundra ecosystem. Global Change Biology 15 (11), pp. 2599 - 2614 (2009)
Merbold, L.: Ecosystem - atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide in highly seasonal environments under the aspect of disturbance. Dissertation, 151 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2009)
Merbold, L.: The influence of drought on the carbon exchange of a Sibirian tussock tundra ecosystem. Diploma, 93 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2006)
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.
Land surface temperatures are shaped mostly by the heating by sunlight, but also by evaporation and convective heat transfer in the vertical. A new study determined the role of these two processes by employing a physical limit.
Axel Kleidon discusses contemporary issues relating to the Earth system, thermodynamics, energy conversion, and the water cycle, and explains the current state of scientific knowledge in these areas.