📣 To conclude our lecture series, we welcome Professor Holger Militz from the University of Göttingen today. He will speak on the topic from coniferous to deciduous forest: consequences for timber use. We look forward to exciting discussions 👏

📣Carola Paul from UGOE will give a talk on ecology and economics in forests. Looking foreward to interesting discussions!👏 3.2. at 18:15 in the Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen

The year begins with fieldwork: at Unterlüß, Harz & Göttinger Wald we installed mercury passive samplers that will record air Hg concentrations at various forest heights over three months. Coupled with leaf, soil & water samples, we track mercury input pathways into the ecosystem. 📷hair ice on wood

📣Daniela Kleinschmit from the University of Freiburg will give a talk on trends in international forest governance. Looking foreward to interesting discussions!👏 27.1. at 18:15 in the Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen

Only 2 weeks left to submit abstracts #BE20Conference! Deadline & early-bird registration: 31 Jan 2026 Biodiversity researchers from around the world are welcome. Berlin, 8–12 June 2026 More info: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/ #Biodiversity #Ecology #ScienceCommunity #Berlin2026

📣Tomorrow, Christoph Leuschner will talk about how our trees cope with climate change. 20.1. at 6:15 pm in the Aula 🌍🌳

📣 Tomorrow in the lecture series: Antonius Adamske and the Göttingen University Chamber Choir will present a musical evening on the theme of “Un bois hors du monde” – Musical walks through the impressionist fairy-tale forest and its intellectual predecessors. Join us on this musical walk! 🎼 🌳

📣 Exciting opportunity: The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen is looking for two internationally experienced researchers for open-topic postdoc positions. See here for more details on the jobs: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/704255.html

Half-time of our public lecture series “Wald im Wandel” at @uniGoettingen! 🌲✨ On 16 Dec, Heinrich Detering explores forests, violence and ecology in literature. After the holidays, six more talks will follow – and some recordings are online here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html

Our cooperation partner @bexplo.bsky.social is celebrating its 20th Birthday with a big #BE20Conference. Registration is open now!

Die Ringvorlesung „Wald im Wandel: Wälder im Spannungsfeld von Klimawandel und gesellschaftlichen Anforderungen“ startet heute! 🌳🌍 Heute 18:15 Uhr in der Aula „Im Walde da wird mir so licht – ein Dialog zwischen Poesie und Wissenschaft“ mit Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer und Barbara Greese M.A.

This is one of our towers @foreslab.bsky.social!

Ringvorlesung Wald im Wandel: Klimawandel und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen fordern unsere Wälder heraus. Wie lassen sich Biodiversität, nachhaltige Nutzung und Zukunftswünsche vereinen? Weitere Infos unter www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701902.html

🚂 Die zweite Reggae Tram rollt wieder! Am 2. Oktober 2025 lädt euch Rude Revolution zur ultimativen Warm‑Up‑Stadtrundfahrt für das Offbeat Attack ein - mit historischem Flair und Reggae‑Sound von Soundsystem Hildegard. Anmeldung: terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/ef5e114edcdae808e31eb5ee07f0202b-1316844

Member of state parliament Pippa Schneider visiting our tower site Göttinger Wald. Great discussions about the projects FoResLab and DIVERSA, forest resilience and climate change, nature conservation and politics. @foreslab.bsky.social‬ @pippaschneider.bsky.social‬

At Night of Science Göttingen, FoResLab showed how we measure CO₂ uptake in forests, offered VR field research insights, and let visitors design their own forest with our optimization tool. Thanks to all who joined and discussed the future of our forests! @bioclimatology.bsky.social

🌳💬Ann-Kathrin Kößler and @stangenberg.bsky.social (Leibniz University Hannover) analyze key stakeholders and their interests in resilient forests in Lower Saxony. Using interviews, workshops, and experiments, they develop evidence-based strategies to strengthen societal support and cooperation.

Visit of the Hainich Nationalpark Administration and Park Rangers at our ICOS flux tower. Thanks a lot for giving us the opportunity to work in this amazing forest for now over 25 years. @icos-ri.eu @foreslab.bsky.social

Forests in a Warm World: Understanding the Effects of Climate Change and Taking Action - This was the topic presented by @bioclimatology.bsky.social and FoResLab at the Children's University. From experiments and examples, childrens were able to learn about climate change and its effects on forests.

Zukunft gemeinsam denken: Beim Austausch von ZKfN & ZDIN wurden Labore vorgestellt: #Wasser #CircularEconomy www.zdin.de/zukunftslabore #Wald @foreslab.bsky.social DIVERSA #Stadt @opencultures.bsky.social @ucfl.bsky.social zkfn.de/klima-zukunf... zukunft.niedersachsen @volkswagenstiftung.de

Forests provide habitats and economic resources, requiring a balance between ecological and economic resilience. Researchers from UGOE develop indicators to assess economic resilience and analyse how management affects stability. Simulations will guide sustainable forest management.

@christina-hn.bsky.social from subproject 1 "Tree growth" has shared a great video from their set up in the field. Check it out now!🌳

Frequent droughts and climate extremes have increased transpirational stress and reduced forest cooling in Central Europe. Kanishka Mallick (LIST) uses thermal remote sensing to map water stress in Lower Saxony, aiming for a real-time, publicly available monitoring system for Germany.

☀️ Yesterday our colleagues from the other future labs and from @zkfniedersachsen.bsky.social visited us. Thanks for coming! We look forward to further exchange and collaboration with you! ☀️

Welche Rolle spielt Biodiversität in Ökosystemen? 🐞 🌳 Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt von der @unigoettingen.bsky.social und Teilprojektleiter im Klima.Zukunftslabor DIVERSA im Interview: zkfn.de/1-5-ein-wiss...

💻🌳In SP 8, researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute are developing digital twins of forests linking real forest data with simulation models in real time. These digital twins will make it possible to test and evaluate different management strategies under future climate conditions. #forestresilience

🌱🌻 Einladung zur Auftaktveranstaltung des Kompetenzzentrums Landschaftsresilienz 📅 Wann: 22.5.25, 13-16 Uhr 📍 Wo: Büsgenweg 1, Raum F01 👉 Hier geht es zur Anmeldung: s.gwdg.de/9k2x69 👉 Weitere Informationen: s.gwdg.de/9nCDDd

🛰️🌳In view of increasing climate extremes, Paul Magdon and Svenja Dobelmann (HAWK) are developing a concept to use remote sensing data to record key indicators such as tree species mix, structure and vitality over large areas and to spatially analyse the resilience of forests. #forestresilience

Please RT: 2 PhD position @uni-freiburg.de investigating #reccurent #drought in #forest using in-situ #stableisotopes in #ecohydrology

Alexander Knohl (University of Göttingen), Spokesperson of FoResLab, just presented FoResLab at #EGU25 in Vienna.💡 www.egu25.eu #forestresilience

💧🌲In subproject 6, a Team from the NW-FVA investigates the processes that lead to a change in water services following disturbance. The focus is on the conversion of spruce stands into beech forests. Their results will assess forest ecosystem resilience and be valuable for drinking water management.

Dominik Seidel and Sarah Kabache (UGOE) investigate the relationship between structure and potential resilience by linking the amount of energy emitted by a forest to its structure. A greater absorption of energy in the forest ecosystem is assumed to lead to increased resilience. #forestresilience

☀️🌧️🌬️ In subproject 4, Alexander Knohl and Simon Drollinger (UGOE) are developing H₂O and CO₂ flux-based indicators to measure the resilience of forests to climate extremes. The aim is to combine them with other indicators to create a multidimensional resilience indicator. #forestresilience

Harald Biester and Lina Oskamp (TUBS) examine how changes in forest cover, from spruce monocultures to mixed/beech forests, affect litter, soil composition and water quality in drainage systems. They analyse nutrient and trace element levels, focusing on heavy metals & mercury.🌲🌳 #forestresilience

Excursion to Lange Bramke in the Harz Mountains to check out a suitable location for a new climate tower run by the team of subprojct 4. Lange Bramke is one of six FoResLab sites where we will do various measurements to find out what makes forest resilient. #forestresilience

Matthias Beyer & Steffen Dohmen (TUBS) aim to provide high-resolution, site-specific forest water balance estimates by monitoring below-ground and above-canopy water status and fluxes, assessing mixed forest resilience, and enabling rigorous quantification of soil-plant water balance relationships.

Climate change alters water distribution in forests 💧 🌳 🌲 How does climate change alter the amount and distribution of rain in a forest? A research team found that the proportion of rain that reaches the ground has decreased by 5.75 per cent each year. s.gwdg.de/CEZKrE 📷 Simon Drollinger

In subproject 1, Christian Ammer & Christina Hackmann (U Göttingen) will study how beech forests with different structures respond to climatic extremes like droughts. They focus on tree growth and water balance, using in situ measurements (sap flow sensors, dendrometers) and retrospective 13C data.

We kicked-off our climate future lab #FoResLab this month! In 13 subprojects, we will investigate how forests can be made resilient to climate change under current and future conditions. It was great getting to know each other at the meeting and discussing the next steps.