Exploring the Earth System
We contribute to the understanding of how living organisms – including humans - exchange fundamental resources like water, carbon, nitrogen and energy with their environment, and how this affects and responds to global climate and environmental change.
News
 | Root growth of plants follows economic principlesJuly 03, 2020International research group describes how growth strategies of plant roots depend on the interaction with fungi. more |
 | Interactions between land ecosystems, atmosphere, and climateJune 11, 2020New director Dr. Sönke Zaehle and his new department are investigating the interactions of biogeochemical cycles between land and atmosphere in the context of climate change. more |
 | Drought 2018: Warm springtime’s unwelcome legacyJune 10, 2020A hot spring also affects the vegetation in summer. There are differences between the various ecosystems. more |
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Recent Publications
| SIFT-MS optimization for atmospheric trace gas measurements at varying humidity Lehnert, A.-S., Behrendt, T., Ruecker, A., Pohnert, G., Trumbore, S. E. (2020) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 13, 3507-3520. doi:10.5194/amt-13-3507-2020 |
| Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features Penone, C., Allan, E., Soliveres, S., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Gossner, M. M., Seibold, S., Simons, N. K., Schall, P., van der Plas, F., Manning, P., Manzanedo, R. D., Boch, S., Prati, D., Ammer, C., Bauhus, J. €. u., Buscot, F., Ehbrecht, M., Goldmann, K., Jung, K., Müller, J., Müller, J. C., Pena, R., Polle, A., Renner, S. C., Ruess, L., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Solly, E., Tschapka, M., Weisser, W. W., Wubet, T., Fischer, M. (2019) Ecology Letters. 22, 170-180. doi:10.1111/ele.13182 |
| Soil sampling and preparation for monitoring soil carbon Arrouays, D., Saby, N. P., Boukir, H., Jolivet, C., Ratié, C., Schrumpf, M., Merbold, L., Gielen, B., Gogo, S., Delpierre, N., Vincent, G., Klumpp, K., Loustau, D. (2018) International Agrophysics. 32, 633-643. doi:10.1515/intag-2017-0047 |
| Temperature response of permafrost soil carbon is attenuated by mineral protection Gentsch, N., Wild, B., Mikutta, R., Capek, P., Diáková, K., Schrumpf, M., Turner, S., Minnich, C., Schaarschmidt, F., Shibistova, O., Schnecker, J., Urich, T., Gittel, A., Šantrucková, H., Bárta, J., Lashchinskiy, N., Fuß, R., Richter, A., Guggenberger, G. (2018) Global Change Biology. 24, 3401-3415. doi:10.1111/gcb.14316 |