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Lecture on 11 November 2021
Prof. Antje Boetius
Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research / University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine-Microbiology
Date | Thursday, 4 November 2021, 04:00 pm |
Type of Event | Webinar |
Topic | Global change microbiology — big questions about small life for our future |
Presenter | Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius Director Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research Deputy director MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Science (MARUM) University Bremen Professor Max Planck Institute for Marine-Microbiology |
Summary | to follow shortly |
Language | Microbial communities play a key role in the evolution and dynamics of the entire Earth system. But we seem to lag behind other research communities when it comes to producing regionally and globally integrated information of pressing scientific and societal relevance, such as loss of species and habitats, and feedback mechanisms to anthropogenic impacts. Methods are needed that enable us to quantify large-scale patterns, rates, and feedback mechanisms associated with microbially-mediated ecosystem services, addressing questions such as: How is ocean productivity changing? How does warming affect microbial feedback in the carbon and nitrogen budget? Has the exponential increase in anthropogenic pollution, such as plastic waste, altered the global microbiome? This presentation discusses examples of such impact studies, and what is needed to upscale them in an integrated approach, to define large-scale mechanisms, and the “good” or “bad” environmental status. A key question is how we can include our knowledge on microbial community dynamics into system solutions for a sustainable future. |
Link-Registration | Webex |
BAM Contact | Prof. Anna A. Gorbushina, anna.gorbushina[at]bam.de |
This lecture ist part of the LECTURE SERIES Microbes and Environmental Chemistry 14.10. - 18.11.2021. Join us for a virtual trip around the world: on six Thursdays from 14 October to 18 November, always from 4 to 6pm. Six renowned international scientists will share their ground-breaking observations of processes on this planet. The spotlight is on interactions of living organisms and landscapes /materials as mediators of global change in all regions of the Earth.
Moderation
Prof. Anna A. Gorbushina, BAM & FU Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy & Geosciences
Prof. Matthias Rillig, FU Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
Prof. Esther Schwarzenbach, FU Department of Geosciences