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I am a climate scientist working on land use change adaptation and mitigation strategies. In my current project, we are assessing the potentials and side- effects of carbon dioxide removal for climate change mitigation within an interdisciplinary team with a background in climate science, economics, politics, agriculture and biodiversity. Therefore, we are using climate-vegetation models, agent based models and include stakeholder within our research.
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The climate mitigation potential of terrestrial carbon dioxide removal (tCDR) methods depends critically on the timing and magnitude of their implementation. In our study, we introduce different measures of efficiency to evaluate the carbon removal potential of afforestation and reforestation (AR) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECC...
The climate mitigation potential of terrestrial carbon dioxide removal (tCDR) methods depends critically on the timing and magnitude of their implementation. In our study, we introduce different measures of efficiency to evaluate the carbon removal potential of afforestation/reforestation (AR) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) u...
Climate change has increased the intensity, frequency and duration of heatwaves and droughts in Europe turning water management into an even more complicated issue. Because water is a fundamental resource for agriculture, water management has to be addressed with climate change adaptation. While stakeholders in Lower Saxony are aware of adaptation...
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) cover ~12% of the global land surface. They are formed by an intimate association between soil particles, photoautotrophic and heterotrophic organisms, and they effectively stabilize the soil surface of drylands. Quantitative information on the impact of biocrusts on the global cycling and climate effects of aeoli...
In the past 30 years, there has been a significant increase in drought events in Europe. It is expected that climate change will make droughts more frequent and intense. This situation is particularly concerning for areas with no drought management culture. This study focuses on North East Lower Saxony (NELS), an important agricultural region in no...
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) have been gaining importance in many European cities to reduce floods' impacts. However, evidence of their effectiveness in reducing the impacts of droughts in rural areas are scarce. Besides, ignoring future climate conditions or the specific socio-economic context in which NBS is applied could decrease their long-term...
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Participatory modeling approaches provide opportunities for collective action responding to challenges of community resource limitations. In the context of climate change, challenges arise from the potential limitations of water availability and resulting conflicts within the agricultural sector. Northeast Lower Saxony is the region with th...
Marine sediment records from a series of core sites along the northwest African margin show a sudden increase in North Atlantic dust deposition at about 5 ka BP that has been associated with an abrupt end of the African Humid Period (AHP). To assess the causes of the abrupt shift in North Atlantic dust deposition, we explore changes in the Holocene...
Marine sediment records from a series of core sites along the northwest African margin show a sudden increase in North Atlantic dust deposition about 5 ka BP that has been associated with an abrupt end of the African Humid Period (AHP). To assess the causes of the abrupt shift in North Atlantic dust deposition, we explore changes in the Holocene du...
The abrupt change in North Atlantic dust deposition found in sediment records has been associated with a rapid large scale transition of Holocene Saharan landscape. We hypothesize that gradual changes in the landscape may have caused this abrupt shift in dust deposition either because of the non-linearity in dust activation or because of the hetero...
Marine sediment records reveal an abrupt and strong increase in
dust deposition in the North Atlantic at the end of the African Humid Period
about 4.9 to 5.5 ka ago. The change in dust flux has been attributed to
varying Saharan land surface cover. Alternatively, the enhanced dust
accumulation is linked to enhanced surface winds and a consequent
in...
Marine sediment records reveal an abrupt and strong increase in dust deposition in the North Atlantic at the end of the African Humid Period about 4.9 to 5.5 ka ago. The change in dust flux has been attributed to varying Saharan land surface cover. Alternatively, the enhanced dust accumulation is linked to enhanced surface winds and a consequent in...
Marine sediment records reveal an abrupt and strong increase in dust deposition in the North Atlantic at the end of the African Humid Period about 5500 years ago. The change in dust flux has been attributed to varying Saharan land surface cover. Alternatively, variability in climate and ocean conditions, for example changes in sea surface temperatu...
We present a new diffuse interface model for the dynamics of inextensible
vesicles in a viscous fluid. A new feature of this work is the implementation
of the local inextensibility condition in the diffuse interface context. Local
inextensibility is enforced by using a local Lagrange multiplier, which
provides the necessary tension force at the int...
