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On July 8th the LSAI and Ecophysiology team went on a summer excursion. We met in the morning at TUMmesa where we had a guided tour. We visited the walk-in climate chambers and heard about the various projects happening there. Later on we went to the Bräustüberl for a prolonged lunch. A big thanks… [weiterlesen]

We offer a position as LSAI Research Associate. The Professorship for Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions investigates the response of the terrestrial biosphere to global climate and land use change. The goal is to gain a deeper knowledge of the functioning of ecosystem processes in a changing… [weiterlesen]

We offer a Postdoctoral position in tropical ecology, with a focus in nutrient cycling in the Amazon Rainforest (m/f/d). The Professorship for Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions at TUM School of Life Sciences is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Amazon-FLUX project (E13 TV-L, 100… [weiterlesen]

On May 18th at 6 p.m. Dr. Allan Buras is going to join the virtual Pint of Science. He is going to speak of forests for future and how German forests can adapt to anticipated climate change. Learn more about this event here or join the Pint of Science. [weiterlesen]

"Effects of rising CO2 levels on carbon sequestration are coordinated above and below ground" in News and Views in Nature is out now! An analysis of experiments in which the air around terrestrial plants or plant communities was enriched with carbon dioxide reveals a coordination between the… [weiterlesen]

We offer a PhD position in Forest Ecology and Dendroecology with Dr. Christian Zang. The extreme 2018/19 drought resulted in large-scale vitality loss, partial crown dieback and tree mortality in European beech (Fagus sylvatica), the most important tree species of Central Europe’s natural forest… [weiterlesen]

Anja Rammig speaks about the future of forests  in the context of climate change on Bayern 2. Listen to the full show. [weiterlesen]

Allan Buras and the Forest Condition Monitor are in the TAZ newspaper! Allan Buras stresses the importance to fight the climate crisis and regarding forest conversion to focus on a broadly diversified tree species portfolio. [weiterlesen]

Our PhD candidate Ben Meyer has been awarded with the mayor's prize for an outstanding MSc thesis. Ben wrote his thesis about susceptibility of beech to drought in our group. You can watch the appreciation of the mayor of Freising here. Congratulations Ben! [weiterlesen]

Christian Zang speaks in Infranken.de about trends in the climatic water balance in the region of LK Bad Kissingen.  [weiterlesen]