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Bioclimatology Göttingen

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Bioclimatology lab at the University of Göttingen/Germany led by Alexander Knohl. We research the interaction between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in a changing environment.

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 21h

Another two days of great talks and discussions at the Baldocchi Symposium in Göttingen. Lots of fun at the visits of our flux towers Reinshof and Hainich.
Thanks everyone for coming and making it a wonderful event.

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 1d

@bioclimatology.bsky.social hosted a fascinating workshop on fluxes anywhere and anytime

thanks to all the old and new friends from across the German speaking parts of Europe for attending. here is a list of talks and speakers. and thanks to the Goettingen team for hosting

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 2d

First day of the Baldocchi Symposium in Göttingen. More than 40 scientists are discussing fluxes anywhere and anytime. Great atmosphere!

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulation to José Ángel for defending his PhD!! Great work on CO2, H2O and energy fluxes of agroforestry systems. Ivan Mammarella (Uni Helsinki) and Annette Menzel (TU Munich) joined as external examiners. Afterwards we had the traditional walk to the Gänse Liesel fountain in the city center.

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 4d

Happy to announce we’ve set up a new eddy covariance flux tower at a forest restoration site in the Harz Mountains. The area was clear-cut after a bark beetle outbreak and reforested with broadleaves. A unique opportunity to investigate ecosystem fluxes and forest resilience across recovery stages.

Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 8d

here is the link to Forum Wissen

www.forum-wissen.de/en/home-en/

@forumwissen.bsky.social

Home - Forum Wissen

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Forum Wissen – the Museum of Knowledge in Göttingen The Forum Wissen of the University of Göttingen is a meeting place where knowledge is conveyed, reflected...

www.forum-wissen.de

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 8d

Nice visit to forum wissen with Alex Knohl. Cool movie of flow over a wing by Prandtl's group in the 1930s. Also nice history on Quantum Mechanics and its 100 year anniversary @bioclimatology.bsky.social

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for your interest! Since we share two loves, we’re happy to share some slides and would appreciate it if you’d share your feedback... 😉

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 10d

Peatlands are under pressure due to ongoing degradation, pushing the global biome from net sink to source. At #DBG2025 in Tübingen, we demonstrated how vegetation shifts affect carbon fluxes of a mountain peatland and outlined methods to downscale ecosystem methane fluxes to the plant-species scale.

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 15d

Visit of Johannes Laubach from the Landscare Research Group in New Zealand, an alumni from the bioclimatology group in Goettingen in the 90s. Great to reconnect.

Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · 15d

Great discussions on eddy covariance measurement for CO2 and H2O isotopologues with our partners from FZ Jülich at the annual meeting of our project ISOMONEAE as part of the ITMS (www.itms-germany.de)

Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Sep 5

Welcome to Göttingen: Biometeorologist Prof. Dennis Baldocchi (UC Berkeley) joins the bioclimatology group at @uni-goettingen.de as Gauss Professor for two months. In early October, an international symposium on land–atmosphere processes will take place.
@biometlab.bsky.social

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

A wonderful place to spend a mini sabbatical ...with Alex Knohl's @bioclimatology.bsky.social group in Goettingen. Even get my own office with a great view of the city, nearby forests and boundary layer development

www.uni-goettingen.de/de/130445.html

View from 5th floor of the Faculty of Forest Science and Forest Ecology Building, Georg-August University, Goettingen

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Aug 14

Member of state parliament Pippa Schneider visiting our tower site Göttinger Wald. Great discussions about the projects FoResLab and DIVERSA, forest resilience and climate change, nature conservation and politics.
@foreslab.bsky.social‬
@pippaschneider.bsky.social‬

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Aug 7

Paper alert! Justus van Ramshorst et al. showed that the net ecosystem-scale carbon uptake of alley-cropping #agroforestry in Germany was higher compared to adjacent monocropping using lower-cost eddy covariance. More details at: doi.org/10.1007/s104...

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Justus van Ramshorst on successfully defending his PhD! It's been a real pleasure having you in the group — looking forward to seeing what’s next for you. Well done! 👏 #PhDDefense #NewDoctor

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FoResLab @foreslab.bsky.social · Jun 24

At Night of Science Göttingen, FoResLab showed how we measure CO₂ uptake in forests, offered VR field research insights, and let visitors design their own forest with our optimization tool. Thanks to all who joined and discussed the future of our forests!
@bioclimatology.bsky.social

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Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie @forstunigoe.bsky.social · Jun 23

🌲🌳💧 Researchers have investigated the water uptake depth of spruce, copper beech and Douglas fir. Beech and Douglas fir had access to water from deeper soil layers, unlike spruce. Whether it is a pure or mixed stand also makes a difference.

doi.org/10.1111/plb.70058

@christina-hn.bsky.social

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Jun 8

Visit of the Hainich Nationalpark Administration and Park Rangers at our ICOS flux tower.
Thanks a lot for giving us the opportunity to work in this amazing forest for now over 25 years.

@icos-ri.eu
@foreslab.bsky.social

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Jun 8

Congratulations to Biplob Dey for his MSc. graduation at the faculty of forest science and forest ecology @uni-goettingen.de with an excellent MSc. thesis in @bioclimatology.bsky.social. Looking forward for collaborating with you in the future!

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Uni Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de · Jun 6

When, where and how wet is the forest? Researchers studied soil moisture in a forest with manual measurements, satellite, automatic sensors and more. What they found will help manage forests in the future: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

Research: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In-field data logger (round and orange) measuring soil moisture and temperature ihn a field full of green grass and flowers that are blue and yellow and pink.

Photo thanks to Stephen B. Asabere

IMAGE: Dr Marian Schönauer from Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Dr Schönauer is sitting on a sloping forest floor covered in brown leaves with tall trees all around him. Dr Schönauer is the study`s first author and he is in the middle of installing the data loggers in the field

Photo by Simon Drollinger

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FoResLab @foreslab.bsky.social · Jun 4

Forests in a Warm World: Understanding the Effects of Climate Change and Taking Action - This was the topic presented by @bioclimatology.bsky.social and FoResLab at the Children's University. From experiments and examples, childrens were able to learn about climate change and its effects on forests.

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · May 19

As part of the visit, our team also met with counterparts at IPB University and the University of Jambi, strengthening research collaboration and exchanging knowledge on tropical ecosystem monitoring and sustainable land management practices.

Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · May 19

The Jambi site provides critical insights into the biogeochemical processes and carbon dynamics associated with oil palm cultivation in tropical lowland ecosystems. Our visit aimed to assess ongoing measurement infrastructure, gain hands-on exposure to flux tower instrumentation, and maintenance.

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · May 19

Located in Jambi Province on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, this site has been recording continuous greenhouse gas flux and micromet data since March 2014.

Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · May 19

In March, our research team conducted a field visit to the Jambi Oil Palm Plantation, a long-term eddy covariance flux monitoring site that is part of the AsiaFlux network.

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · May 12

Paper alert! Drollinger et al. show that shorter, more intense rain events in European beech forests shrink throughfall and amplify moisture patchiness, gradually loosening hydrological links and altering Critical Zone function. Link: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #Hydrology #Climate

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FoResLab @foreslab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Alexander Knohl (University of Göttingen), Spokesperson of FoResLab, just presented FoResLab at #EGU25 in Vienna.💡

www.egu25.eu

#forestresilience

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Bioclimatology Göttingen @bioclimatology.bsky.social · Apr 24

🌼 Happy Spring from Hainich!
We're out in the field, getting all our study sites ready for leaf-out and the main growing season 🌳☀️
#Fieldwork #SpringVibes #Ecology #ForestResearch #Hainich #Phenology #ClimateScience #Fluxnet #AtmosphericScience

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FoResLab @foreslab.bsky.social · Apr 23

☀️🌧️🌬️ In subproject 4, Alexander Knohl and Simon Drollinger (UGOE) are developing H₂O and CO₂ flux-based indicators to measure the resilience of forests to climate extremes. The aim is to combine them with other indicators to create a multidimensional resilience indicator.
#forestresilience

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