Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and its Effects on Soil and Water Resources in Polar and Mountainous Regions
Objectives
This interregional project of the United Nations (UN) is jointly funded by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Within the project we contribute to sampling campaigns in high elevation mountain areas (see study sites in figure below), training of junior researchers during laboratory internships and lectures (IAEA Laboratories Seibersdorf) as well as project meetings and symposia (IAEA Headquarters Vienna). The overall aim of the project is to elucidate driving factors (climatic versus geochemical) of soil organic matter stabilization and soil greenhouse gas emissions along elevation transects in different mountain regions. Initial results point towards an important role of soil weathering and geochemistry for the potential of soils to either store organic matter or to release CO2 (Griepentrog et al., 2018).
Ongoing project Marco Griepentrog
Project Partners
- Dr. Gerd Dercon (Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria)
- Prof. Dr. Pascal Boeckx (Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter (Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
Contact
Marco Griepentrog ()
References
Griepentrog, M., Bodé, S., Boudin, M., Dercon, G., Doetterl, S., Eglinton, T., Haghipour, N., Joya, S., Martin, V., Matulanya, M., Msigwa, A., Sun, X., Vermeir, P., Wang, X., Richter, A. & Boeckx, P. 2018. Climatic versus geochemical controls on soil organic matter stabilization and greenhouse gas emissions along altitudinal transects in different mountain regions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, 12981. external pageRead more