Greenhouse gases and climate change
To combat climate change it is essential to unravel the underlying mechanisms of soil-atmosphere exchange of trace gases - in managed as well as natural ecosystems. We are especially interested in the feedbacks between changing environmental conditions, land management and the microbial production and consumption of climate-active trace gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, NOx, NH3). In our research, we integrate laboratory experiments, manipulative field studies, long-term ecological observations and mathematical modelling in order to reach conclusions across time and scales.
Contact: Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern & Eugenio Diaz-Pines