Welcome to KIT/IMKIFU
The IMKIFU, KIT-Campus Alpin, is the largest Bavarian climate research institute and has been based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen since 1962. Founded in 1954, it is the oldest continuing research institute on global environmental issues in Germany. After 40 years in the Fraunhofer-Association, it has been part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers as part of today's KIT since 2002. Research at the institute is characterized by great complexity and high social relevance. KIT/IMKIFU research is active worldwide in projects and partnerships - because the global dimension of climate change and the impact of humans on the environment make it necessary to deal with local environmental issues in a global context.
Researchers at IMKIFU are investigating changes in the atmosphere, the water balance and living conditions for vegetation and society in the context of global climate change. Studying the processes at the boundary between the atmosphere and the land surface is an essential basis for understanding climate change and developing strategies to help us deal with the changing conditions.
Together with partner institutes at KIT and other Helmholtz centers, IMKIFU participates in the Helmholtz research program Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future, as well as many other national and international research networks.
Current measurement data from the measurement campaign on exchange and transport processes in the atmosphere over the Inn Valley, the Adige Valley, the Alpine crest between and the Alpine Foreland in Germany.
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Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann in a Tagesschau interview about the climate extremes flood and drought. Adaptation mechanisms, regional differences, predictions and the sequence of extreme events. Forwarding to Tagesschau.
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Perspectives of winter and mountain sports in the context of global climate change. A position paper by the Klima.Sport.Schnee expert forum with research by the Alpin campus. Forwarding to the Security in Ski Sports Foundation.
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Film premiere of “Requiem in White” and discussion with Dr. Hannes Vogelmann (KIT/ Campus Alpin, Climate Research) on the consequences and causes of climate change in the Alps and his observations at the Schneefernerhaus on the Zugspitze. Forwarding to the Hochlandkino.
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Mountain and winter sports in times of global climate change. Actions and recommendations on the social, economic and technological challenges at the Alpine Climate Summit. Forwarding to the Alpine Climate Summit.
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ITMS-Q&S brings together agricultural management experts and experts from the agricultural sector to improve the modeling of greenhouse gas emissions. Joint workshop at FU Berlin.
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The world's first hand prosthesis as the beginning of today's atmospheric research in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at KIT/ IMKIFU Campus Alpin. Forwarding to 200 years KIT.
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Interview with Prof Dr Harald Kunstmann on the postponement of the Bavarian climate target for climate neutrality by five years to 2045 and on the current state of renewable energy network. BR interview from minute 02:55. Forwarding to the BR-Mediathek.
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Higher temperatures lead to more evaporation, more water vapour in the atmosphere increases the greenhouse effect. Laser measurement of water vapour in the atmosphere at 2675m above sea level up to 24km into the earth's atmosphere. From minute 10:30. Forwarding to the ARD Mediathek.
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