Research Projects at the Institute of Earth System Sciences

Our research projects

SMILES: Enhancing Small-Medium IsLands resilience by securing the sustainability of Ecosystem Services

Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator) & Sieber, I. M. (Principal Investigator)

22 Sept 202221 Sept 2026

Project: Research

URL: https://sites.google.com/view/cost-smiles/

ICDP: Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (Coordination funds)

Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)

1 Aug 202231 Jul 2025

Project: Research

SELINA: Science for Evidence-based and sustainable decisions about natural capital (SELINA)

Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator), Lange, S. (Project staff), Seguin, J. (Project staff), Bank, E. (Project staff) & Brander, L. M. (Project staff)

1 Jul 202230 Jun 2027

Project: Research

URL: https://project-selina.eu/

KliFa: KlimaFarming in Niedersachsen

Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)

20 Jun 202231 Dec 2025

Project: Research

Amphibole: a mineral to unravel magma storage and timescales of sub-volcanic processes and eruptions

Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator) & Ridolfi, F. (Principal Investigator)

1 May 202230 Apr 2024

Project: Research

CaCO₃ in agroecosystems as a source of atmospheric CO₂ by nitrogen fertilization

Zamanian, K. (Principal Investigator)

1 May 202211 Jun 2024

Project: Research

Dynamical modelling of subglacial meltwater erosion during past and future glaciations

Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 202215 May 2026

Project: Research

Early Cretaceous lignites from inner-continental Asia as paleoclimate archive

Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 202231 Dec 2025

Project: Research

Micromechanics of root growth and physical habitat properties in the rhizosphere (project in the Priority Programme 2089/2: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions)

Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 202231 Aug 2025

Project: Research

PedoDiff: Plot Scale Soil Diffusivity Measurement System

Stoppe-Struck, N. (Principal Investigator) & Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 202231 May 2027

Project: Research