• press release Measuring the belowground world
In the journal Science, an international team of researchers, including scientists from the UFZ, calls for greater consideration of soils in the renegotiation of international biodiversity strategies.»
The German Federal Cabinet has appointed Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler, a microbiologist at the UFZ, to the National Hydrogen Council. She will contribute to the 26-member expert council with the important perspective of biotechnology. »
Greater crop diversity is seen as a stabilising factor for food security. Yet crop diversity alone is not enough. In Nature, UFZ researchers argue that it is also essential that crops differ in their temporal production patterns.»
Andreas Schmid researches algae and bacteria to make them technically useful. To produce hydrogen, he relies on cyanobacteria. With the help of sunlight - by means of photosynthesis - they can produce environmentally friendly electricity and hydrogen from water.»
Nutrient contamination of groundwater as a result of nitrogen-based fertilisers is a problem in many places in Europe. New calculations by UFZ scientists now show that at 75%, the proportion of nitrate vulnerable zones is almost twice as high as previously assumed.»
My studies are focused to determinate soil microbial diversity and their functional composition. The interactions and feedback between plant and soil microbial communities will be analyzed in a network from monocultures to multispecies forests in different European forest types.
with the environmental economist Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel
Biodiversität und Digitalisierung
