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Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany declined in 2023. However, new data show that emissions from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector are higher than previously assumed.

In the foreground you can see a dead tree stump, behind it a leafy autumn forest with young trees

Marcus Schiedung, Pierre Barré und Christopher Peoplau: Separating fast from slow cycling soil organic carbon – A multi-method comparison on land use change sites

Arable land and grassland, separated by a row of trees

Henrike Heinemann, Axel Don, Christopher Poeplau et al.: No saturation of soil carbon under long-term extreme manure additions

The Thünen Institute has end its activities on X, formerly Twitter, on December 1, 2024. We have considered this step carefully, because science also has a social mandate, an important function in the democratic structure.

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Increasing drought is threatening harvests, even in our latitudes. Where will plants get water to grow and thrive in the future? From the subsoil, for example. Unused water and nutrient reserves lie dormant there.

Grafik Erdquerschnitt von zwei tiefwurzelnde Pflanzen, Regenwurmlöchern und einer Sonne

Hannah Götze, Caroline Buchen-Tschiskale et al.: Effects of inhibitors and slit incorporation on NH₃ and N₂O emission processes after urea application

Soil incubation vessels with urea applied using inhibitors and slit incorporation technique

Carla Süß, Björn Kemmann, Mirjam Helfrich et al.: Nitrogen transformation as affected by decomposition of ¹⁵N-labeled cover crop shoots and roots

Microcosm from above. You can see the pieces of cover crops mixed with the soil.

Mirjam Helfrich, René Dechow, Simone Merl et al.: Winter cover crops decreased soil mineral N contents and increased soil organic C stocks and N₂O emission