Welcome to KIT/IMK-IFU
Scientists at IMK-IFU investigate changes in the atmosphere, the water balance and the living conditions for vegetation and society in global climate change.
Investigating processes that influence the atmosphere is an essential basis for understanding climate change and developing strategies that help us to cope with the changing conditions.
The researchers on the KIT-Campus Alpin use measurements and modeling to investigate the bio-geochemical and physical processes responsible for the interaction of climate, vegetation, soils, and water availability, for example, in the emission or degradation of greenhouse gases in climate-sensitive regions such as mountain regions, arid regions, agricultural areas, and cities. For more than 65 years, research at the Institute has always focused on environmental topics of great complexity and high social relevance. Today, the Institute is concerned with the causes and effects of climate change; for example, the role of agriculture in Bavaria, the African Sahel or in Southeast Asia.
The IMK-IFU is active in projects and partnerships worldwide - because the global dimension of climate change and human influence on the environment requires that local environmental issues are also addressed in a global context.
KIT-Campus Alpin
The IMK-IFU at the KIT-Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the largest Bavarian climate research institution and has been active in the region since 1954. It is the oldest environmental research institution in Germany dedicated to global issues. Since 2002, the institute has been part of the Helmholtz Association as part of today's KIT.
Sind striktere Maßnahmen notwendig? Welche Alternativen gibt es zur aktuellen Klimapolitik? Prof. Harald Kunstmann nimmt am Tagesgespräch des BR teil.
zum Tagesgespräch des BR vom 01.03.3021
Der Winter zu warm, der Februar ungewöhnlich, Frostschäden im April als Teil der Klimaerwärmung. Prof. Stefan Emeis im Interview im BR-Rundschau Magazin. Minute 11.38 bis 13.30.
zum BR-Rundschau Magazin vom 26.02.2021
Der Rückgang von CO2-Emissionen durch die Corona-Pandemie ist noch nicht messbar. Ralf Sussmann im Radiointerview
zum Radiobeitrag
Bilanz des Global Carbon Projects zeigt, dass die fossilen CO2-Emissionen so stark zurückgegangen sind wie noch nie. Die atmosphärische CO2-Konzentration hingegen steigt weiter an.
zum Beitrag
On the occasion of World Soil Day on December 5, FAO had organized a competition in which children's books on soil biodiversity were to be submitted. Two project partners from the SUSALPS team also participated in the competition.
Children's Book on Soil Biodiversity
Global warming accelerates the loss of biodiversity. Vice versa, measures to protect biodiversity may also mitigate the impacts of climate change. New study led by Almut Arneth. Press Release; Article in The Academic Times.
Abstract
Prof. Arneth und Prof. Butterbach-Bahl vom KIT/IMK-IFU sind zwei der acht Forschenden des KIT, die dieses Jahr unter den meistzitierten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern weltweit sind.
Highly Cited Reseachers am KIT
KIT-Wissenschaftler Klaus Butterbach-Bahl und Clemens Scheer kommentieren eine aktuelle Studie der University of Oxford et al. (publiziert in "Science") zu den Emissionen des globalen Nahrungsmittelsystems.
Zum Artikel (DER SPIEGEL)
Ein Gastbeitrag von Richard Fuchs, Calum Brown und Mark Rounsevell - Experten für Geoökologie am KIT-Campus Alpin - zum Green Deal der Europäischen Union.
Zum Artikel (Spektrum.de)