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Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

Black woodpecker in the Lower Saxony forest – its calls and drumming are recorded acoustically in the DIVERSA project.Black woodpecker in the Lower Saxony forest – its calls and drumming are recorded acoustically in the DIVERSA project.

Is the black woodpecker endangered in Lower Saxony due to the loss of coniferous wood caused by calamities?

A guest contribution by Dr. Marcus Schmidt and David Singer from the Northwest German Forest Research Institute

3 min. Reading time
With the laser scanner in her hand, Dr. Sandra Peters slowly walks across the study area.With the laser scanner in her hand, Dr. Sandra Peters slowly walks across the study area.

Laser scans in the forest: measuring CO₂ between red beeches and deadwood

What a windless morning, 1,000 square meters of forest, and a laser scanner reveal about carbon storage.

4 min. Reading time
Job openingJob opening

Job opening at DIVERSA

PhD position in the Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation working group

1 min. Reading time
Portraitpicture of Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt, Head of the Department of Forest Nature Conservation at Georg August University of Göttingen and sub-project lead at the Climate Future Lab DIVERSAPortraitpicture of Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt, Head of the Department of Forest Nature Conservation at Georg August University of Göttingen and sub-project lead at the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

1.5 – one scientist, five questions with Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt

Head of the Department of Forest Nature Conservation at Georg August University of Göttingen and sub-project lead at the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

7 min. Reading time
Group photo of participants in the DIVERSA Climate Future Lab at the kick-off meeting on 31 March and 1 April in Göttingen.Group photo of participants in the DIVERSA Climate Future Lab at the kick-off meeting on 31 March and 1 April in Göttingen.

Kick-off event of the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

At the kick-off in Göttingen, around 30 participants of the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA laid the foundation for six years of interdisciplinary research

3 min. Reading time
FoResLab spokesperson Prof. Alexander Knohl together with DIVERSA research coordinator Dr. Sandra Peters and DIVERSA spokesperson Dr. Jonas Hagge (from left to right) in front of their project posters at the conference of the Forest Research and Testing Facilities of the German-speaking countries. FoResLab spokesperson Prof. Alexander Knohl together with DIVERSA research coordinator Dr. Sandra Peters and DIVERSA spokesperson Dr. Jonas Hagge (from left to right) in front of their project posters at the conference of the Forest Research and Testing Facilities of the German-speaking countries.

Conference on carbon sequestration in forests

Climate Future Labs DIVERSA and FoResLab introduce themselves

2 min. Reading time
The members of the Klima.Zukunftslabor climate future labs at the ZKfN together with Falko Mohrs, Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture, at the opening symposium on 20 November in Hannover. The members of the Klima.Zukunftslabor climate future labs at the ZKfN together with Falko Mohrs, Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture, at the opening symposium on 20 November in Hannover.

Kick-off for Lower Saxony's Climate Future Labs

Science, business, politics, practice and foundations meet for the climate future

3 min. Reading time
Dead trees in the Harz mountains Dead trees in the Harz mountains

Learning climate resilience from natural forests

Interview with DIVERSA spokesperson Dr. Jonas Hagge

7 min. Reading time