FoResLab
@foreslab.bsky.social
The Climate Future Lab FoResLab will investigate the central question of how forests can be made resilient to climate change under current and future conditions | funded by zukunft.niedersachsen
The year begins with fieldwork: at Unterlüß, Harz & Göttinger Wald we installed mercury passive samplers that will record air Hg concentrations at various forest heights over three months. Coupled with leaf, soil & water samples, we track mercury input pathways into the ecosystem.
📷hair ice on wood
📷hair ice on wood
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The year begins with fieldwork: at Unterlüß, Harz & Göttinger Wald we installed mercury passive samplers that will record air Hg concentrations at various forest heights over three months. Coupled with leaf, soil & water samples, we track mercury input pathways into the ecosystem.
📷hair ice on wood
📷hair ice on wood
📣 Exciting opportunity: The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen is looking for two internationally experienced researchers for open-topic postdoc positions.
See here for more details on the jobs: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/704255.html
See here for more details on the jobs: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/704255.html
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📣 Exciting opportunity: The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen is looking for two internationally experienced researchers for open-topic postdoc positions.
See here for more details on the jobs: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/704255.html
See here for more details on the jobs: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/704255.html
Half-time of our public lecture series “Wald im Wandel” at @uniGoettingen! 🌲✨
On 16 Dec, Heinrich Detering explores forests, violence and ecology in literature. After the holidays, six more talks will follow – and some recordings are online here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html
On 16 Dec, Heinrich Detering explores forests, violence and ecology in literature. After the holidays, six more talks will follow – and some recordings are online here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Half-time of our public lecture series “Wald im Wandel” at @uniGoettingen! 🌲✨
On 16 Dec, Heinrich Detering explores forests, violence and ecology in literature. After the holidays, six more talks will follow – and some recordings are online here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html
On 16 Dec, Heinrich Detering explores forests, violence and ecology in literature. After the holidays, six more talks will follow – and some recordings are online here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html
Die Ringvorlesung „Wald im Wandel: Wälder im Spannungsfeld von Klimawandel und gesellschaftlichen Anforderungen“ startet heute! 🌳🌍
Heute 18:15 Uhr in der Aula
„Im Walde da wird mir so licht – ein Dialog zwischen Poesie und Wissenschaft“
mit Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer und Barbara Greese M.A.
Heute 18:15 Uhr in der Aula
„Im Walde da wird mir so licht – ein Dialog zwischen Poesie und Wissenschaft“
mit Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer und Barbara Greese M.A.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Die Ringvorlesung „Wald im Wandel: Wälder im Spannungsfeld von Klimawandel und gesellschaftlichen Anforderungen“ startet heute! 🌳🌍
Heute 18:15 Uhr in der Aula
„Im Walde da wird mir so licht – ein Dialog zwischen Poesie und Wissenschaft“
mit Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer und Barbara Greese M.A.
Heute 18:15 Uhr in der Aula
„Im Walde da wird mir so licht – ein Dialog zwischen Poesie und Wissenschaft“
mit Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer und Barbara Greese M.A.
Ringvorlesung Wald im Wandel: Klimawandel und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen fordern unsere Wälder heraus. Wie lassen sich Biodiversität, nachhaltige Nutzung und Zukunftswünsche vereinen? Weitere Infos unter www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Ringvorlesung Wald im Wandel: Klimawandel und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen fordern unsere Wälder heraus. Wie lassen sich Biodiversität, nachhaltige Nutzung und Zukunftswünsche vereinen? Weitere Infos unter www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html
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
@bioclimatology.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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
@bioclimatology.bsky.social
🌳💬Ann-Kathrin Kößler and @stangenberg.bsky.social (Leibniz University Hannover) analyze key stakeholders and their interests in resilient forests in Lower Saxony. Using interviews, workshops, and experiments, they develop evidence-based strategies to strengthen societal support and cooperation.
June 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🌳💬Ann-Kathrin Kößler and @stangenberg.bsky.social (Leibniz University Hannover) analyze key stakeholders and their interests in resilient forests in Lower Saxony. Using interviews, workshops, and experiments, they develop evidence-based strategies to strengthen societal support and cooperation.
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.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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.
Forests provide habitats and economic resources, requiring a balance between ecological and economic resilience. Researchers from UGOE develop indicators to assess economic resilience and analyse how management affects stability. Simulations will guide sustainable forest management.
June 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Forests provide habitats and economic resources, requiring a balance between ecological and economic resilience. Researchers from UGOE develop indicators to assess economic resilience and analyse how management affects stability. Simulations will guide sustainable forest management.
Frequent droughts and climate extremes have increased transpirational stress and reduced forest cooling in Central Europe. Kanishka Mallick (LIST) uses thermal remote sensing to map water stress in Lower Saxony, aiming for a real-time, publicly available monitoring system for Germany.
June 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Frequent droughts and climate extremes have increased transpirational stress and reduced forest cooling in Central Europe. Kanishka Mallick (LIST) uses thermal remote sensing to map water stress in Lower Saxony, aiming for a real-time, publicly available monitoring system for Germany.
💻🌳In SP 8, researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute are developing digital twins of forests linking real forest data with simulation models in real time. These digital twins will make it possible to test and evaluate different management strategies under future climate conditions.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
May 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
💻🌳In SP 8, researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute are developing digital twins of forests linking real forest data with simulation models in real time. These digital twins will make it possible to test and evaluate different management strategies under future climate conditions.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
🛰️🌳In view of increasing climate extremes, Paul Magdon and Svenja Dobelmann (HAWK) are developing a concept to use remote sensing data to record key indicators such as tree species mix, structure and vitality over large areas and to spatially analyse the resilience of forests.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
April 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🛰️🌳In view of increasing climate extremes, Paul Magdon and Svenja Dobelmann (HAWK) are developing a concept to use remote sensing data to record key indicators such as tree species mix, structure and vitality over large areas and to spatially analyse the resilience of forests.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
Alexander Knohl (University of Göttingen), Spokesperson of FoResLab, just presented FoResLab at #EGU25 in Vienna.💡
www.egu25.eu
#forestresilience
www.egu25.eu
#forestresilience
April 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Alexander Knohl (University of Göttingen), Spokesperson of FoResLab, just presented FoResLab at #EGU25 in Vienna.💡
www.egu25.eu
#forestresilience
www.egu25.eu
#forestresilience
💧🌲In subproject 6, a Team from the NW-FVA investigates the processes that lead to a change in water services following disturbance. The focus is on the conversion of spruce stands into beech forests. Their results will assess forest ecosystem resilience and be valuable for drinking water management.
April 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
💧🌲In subproject 6, a Team from the NW-FVA investigates the processes that lead to a change in water services following disturbance. The focus is on the conversion of spruce stands into beech forests. Their results will assess forest ecosystem resilience and be valuable for drinking water management.
Dominik Seidel and Sarah Kabache (UGOE) investigate the relationship between structure and potential resilience by linking the amount of energy emitted by a forest to its structure. A greater absorption of energy in the forest ecosystem is assumed to lead to increased resilience.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
April 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Dominik Seidel and Sarah Kabache (UGOE) investigate the relationship between structure and potential resilience by linking the amount of energy emitted by a forest to its structure. A greater absorption of energy in the forest ecosystem is assumed to lead to increased resilience.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
☀️🌧️🌬️ 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
#forestresilience
April 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
☀️🌧️🌬️ 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
#forestresilience
Harald Biester and Lina Oskamp (TUBS) examine how changes in forest cover, from spruce monocultures to mixed/beech forests, affect litter, soil composition and water quality in drainage systems. They analyse nutrient and trace element levels, focusing on heavy metals & mercury.🌲🌳
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
April 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Harald Biester and Lina Oskamp (TUBS) examine how changes in forest cover, from spruce monocultures to mixed/beech forests, affect litter, soil composition and water quality in drainage systems. They analyse nutrient and trace element levels, focusing on heavy metals & mercury.🌲🌳
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
Excursion to Lange Bramke in the Harz Mountains to check out a suitable location for a new climate tower run by the team of subprojct 4. Lange Bramke is one of six FoResLab sites where we will do various measurements to find out what makes forest resilient.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
March 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Excursion to Lange Bramke in the Harz Mountains to check out a suitable location for a new climate tower run by the team of subprojct 4. Lange Bramke is one of six FoResLab sites where we will do various measurements to find out what makes forest resilient.
#forestresilience
#forestresilience
Matthias Beyer & Steffen Dohmen (TUBS) aim to provide high-resolution, site-specific forest water balance estimates by monitoring below-ground and above-canopy water status and fluxes, assessing mixed forest resilience, and enabling rigorous quantification of soil-plant water balance relationships.
March 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Matthias Beyer & Steffen Dohmen (TUBS) aim to provide high-resolution, site-specific forest water balance estimates by monitoring below-ground and above-canopy water status and fluxes, assessing mixed forest resilience, and enabling rigorous quantification of soil-plant water balance relationships.
In subproject 1, Christian Ammer & Christina Hackmann (U Göttingen) will study how beech forests with different structures respond to climatic extremes like droughts. They focus on tree growth and water balance, using in situ measurements (sap flow sensors, dendrometers) and retrospective 13C data.
March 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In subproject 1, Christian Ammer & Christina Hackmann (U Göttingen) will study how beech forests with different structures respond to climatic extremes like droughts. They focus on tree growth and water balance, using in situ measurements (sap flow sensors, dendrometers) and retrospective 13C data.
We kicked-off our climate future lab #FoResLab this month! In 13 subprojects, we will investigate how forests can be made resilient to climate change under current and future conditions. It was great getting to know each other at the meeting and discussing the next steps.
February 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We kicked-off our climate future lab #FoResLab this month! In 13 subprojects, we will investigate how forests can be made resilient to climate change under current and future conditions. It was great getting to know each other at the meeting and discussing the next steps.