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
 | Climate change threatens European ForestsFebruary 23, 2021Windthrow, insect attacks, fire - forests are increasingly exposed to these hazards.
A new study examines the vulnerability of Europe's forests in relation to climate change. more
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Recent Publications
A new and improved online catalogue of all extant vascular plant names available
Freiberg, M., Winter, M., Gentile, A., Zizka, A., Muellner-Riehl, A. N., Weigelt, A., Wirth, C. (2021) Taxon. 70, 223-223. doi:10.1002/tax.12441
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Emergent vulnerability to climate-driven disturbances in European forests
Forzieri, G., Girardello, M., Ceccherini, G., Spinoni, J., Feyen, L., Hartmann, H., Beck, P. S. A., Camps-Valls, G., Chirici, G., Mauri, A., Cescatti, A. (2021) Nature Communications. 12, 1081. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21399-7
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Direct and indirect effects of management intensity and environmental factors on the functional diversity of lichens in central European forests
Boch, S., Saiz, H., Allan, E., Schall, P., Prati, D., Schulze, E. D., Hessenmöller, D., Sparrius, L. B., Fischer, M. (2021) Microorganisms. 9, 463. doi:10.3390/microorganisms9020463
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Departments
Biogeochemical Processes (Trumbore)
Biogeochemical Integration (Reichstein)
Biogeochemical Signals (Zaehle)
Research Groups
Molecular Biogeochemistry (Gleixner)
Organic Paleobiogeochemistry (Hallmann)
Biogeochemical Systems (Heimann)
Biospheric Theory & Modeling (Kleidon)
Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate (Orth)
Carbon Balance & Ecosystems (Schulze)
Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology (Sierra)
Functional Biogeography (Wirth & Kattge)
Video and Audio
The Jena Experiment (video)
Klima - der Kohlenstoffkreislauf (video)
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Future Events
MINT Festival Jena
September 14 - September 16, 2021
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Colloquium
March 04, 2021
2:00 pm internal seminar
Sandra Raab
Spatio-temporal hydrological patterns at a small-scale site in North-East Siberia - a comparative study between a drained and a control site
March 11, 2021
2:00 pm internal seminar
Nora Linscheid
(department Reichstein)
t. b. a.
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