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In a short article in the farmer's newspaper die grüne, Nina Buchmann shares our findings on N2O emissions from grassland and cropland and concludes that management must support plants to win the competition for soil nitrogen against the microorganisms. The article is complemented with a comment by Hans Frei, former Vice President of the Swiss Farmer's Union. Find out more in the external page article. (20 January 2025)
Our flux data are - again - in high demand, the interest in such kind of ecosystem measurements is ever increasing. Lukas Hörtnagl, our data scientist, has been collecting download numbers for our datasets since 2015. In 2024 alone, datasets from our six long-term Swiss FluxNet sites were downloaded a record-high 8477 times, which is an increase of almost 30% compared to 2023 and the highest number of downloads since we started sharing the data. Most downloads were recorded for the ICOS Class 1 station Davos, followed by Oensingen and Chamau. In total, we share 129 site-years of data. With the recent announcement of the external page FLUXNET Data System Initiative, which will be fully operational by December 2025, we expect the interest in our data to furhter increase. (6 January 2025)
A warm welcome to Flora Zourek who joins our group as a doctoral student today! Flora will work in the EYE-CLIMA project. (6 January 2025)
Happy New Year! The Grassland Sciences group wishes you the very best for 2025! We are looking forward to another year of great teamwork, inspiring collaborations, bringing science, education, and outreach further together, and meeting many colleagues, students, school kids, and the public. Find out about our 2024 activities in our News Archive. (1 January 2025)