马克斯普朗克生物地球化学研究所探究全球材料循环以及相关的化学和物理过程,碳、氧、氢和氮是对生命至关重要的四种元素,其化合物由植物、动物和微生物运输,并通过空气和水分布。研究所的科学家们试图更好地了解土壤中的生物与大气中的温室气体之间的复杂相互作用,人类对这些自然过程的影响以及生态系统如何对各种气候条件、土地利用做法和物种多样性作出反应。为此,该研究所的科学家将历史数据与现场实验和测量活动的当前观察结果进行比较,以便就生物体的未来适应性得出结论。
研究所致力于探究全球生物地球化学循环及其与生物圈,大气,地圈和整个气候系统的长期相互作用,以更好地了解生物体(包括人类)如何与环境交换水、碳、氮和能源等基本资源,以及这如何影响全球气候和生态系统。
马克斯·普朗克生物地球化学研究所为自己设定了更好地了解陆地生态系统在全球生物地球化学循环中的作用的目标。与人类对能源、水和食物的需求不断增加有关的活动从根本上改变了全球生物地球化学循环,并导致大气中温室气体的迅速增加,从而改变了地球气候。土地利用的集约化影响着地球上生物的多样性和地理分布。了解这些变化对地球系统未来状态的影响是一项重大的科学挑战,鉴于生态系统的未来资源需求,迫切需要维持人们不断增长的人口和生活水平。
The Max Planck Institute for BioGeochemistry explores the global material cycle and related chemical and physical processes. Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen are four elements essential to life, and their compounds are transported by plants, animals and microorganisms and distributed through air and water. Institute scientists seek to better understand the complex interactions between organisms in the soil and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the human impact on these natural processes and how ecosystems respond to various climatic conditions, land use practices and species diversity. To this end, scientists at the Institute compare historical data with current observations from field experiments and measurement activities in order to draw conclusions about the future adaptations of organisms.
The Institute is dedicated to exploring global biogeochemical cycles and their long-term interactions with the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and overall climate system to better understand how organisms (including humans) exchange basic resources such as water, carbon, nitrogen and energy with the environment, and how this affects global climate and ecosystems.
The Max Planck Institute for BioGeochemistry has set itself the goal of better understanding the role of terrestrial ecosystems in global biogeochemical cycles. Activities associated with increasing human demands for energy, water and food have fundamentally altered global biogeochemical cycles and led to rapid increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, thereby altering the Earth's climate. The intensification of land use affects the diversity and geographical distribution of life on Earth. Understanding the impact of these changes on the future state of the Earth system is a major scientific challenge, and there is an urgent need to maintain people's growing populations and living standards in view of the future resource requirements of ecosystems.