• Contrasting biosphere responses to hydrometeorological extremes: revisiting the 2010 western Russian Heatwave 

      Flach, Milan; Sippel, Sebastian; Gans, Fabian; Bastos, Ana; Brenning, Alexander; Reichstein, Markus; Mahecha, Miguel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-16)
      Combined droughts and heatwaves are among those compound extreme events that induce severe impacts on the terrestrial biosphere and human health. A record breaking hot and dry compound event hit western Russia in summer ...
    • Drought, Heat, and the Carbon Cycle: a Review 

      Sippel, Sebastian; Reichstein, Markus; Ma, Xuanlong; Mahecha, Miguel D.; Lange, Holger; Flach, Milan; Frank, Dorothea (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-14)
      Purpose of the Review Weather and climate extremes substantially affect global- and regional-scale carbon (C) cycling, and thus spatially or temporally extended climatic extreme events jeopardize terrestrial ecosystem ...
    • Vegetation modulates the impact of climate extremes on gross primary production 

      Flach, Milan; Brenning, Alexander; Gans, Fabian; Reichstein, Markus; Sippel, Sebastian; Mahecha, Miguel D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-05)
      Drought and heat events affect the uptake and sequestration of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Factors such as the duration, timing, and intensity of extreme events influence the magnitude of impacts on ecosystem processes ...