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Cold-Water Corals

Reef-forming cold water deep sea corals are a unique archive to study past ocean dynamics and climate.

Th/U Laboratory

Preparation of the samples for high-precision Th/U dating requires the chemical purification of both trace elements from natural samples.

measuring heat and gas transfer at the ocean

Air-Sea Interactions

Physical processes controlling the exchange of heat and gases between atmosphere and ocean as well as the properties of wind generated waves are studied using imaging techniques.

An atmospheric suntracker on the roof of the IUP.

The rooftop atmospheric observatory

Measuring greenhouse gases and other atmospheric constituents above Heidelberg.

Ocean Tracers

Climate driven cycles of heat and carbon in the ocean are studied through the use of trace isotopes such as radiocarbon.

detecting bubbles generated by breaking waves

Breaking waves and bubble clouds

Bubble clouds, generated by breaking waves, play a role in the exchange of gases between the ocean and the atmosphere. Bubble sizes are measured using imaging techniques.

Mobile Laboratory of the VERIFY project

The mobile laboratory is used to monitor source-specific combustion gases (CO2, CO, CH4, NOx) in the atmosphere with the focus on domestic heating and traffic emissions.

Radiocarbon Laboratory

Carbon dioxide extraction from speleothem samples and carbon graphitization to trace the past global carbon cycle.

High Alpine research station Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps

Since 1986, IUP is measuring here atmospheric 14CO2. Today the clean air station Jungfraujoch is part of the ICOS atmosphere station network.

ICOS CRL flask CO2 Extraction and Graphitization Line

The Karl Otto Münich Central Radiocarbon Laboratory of the European Research Infrastructure ICOS prepares atmospheric CO2 samples for 14C analysis by AMS.

Speleothems

Stalagmites are an important archive to study past climate.

MC-ICPMS Laboratory

Preparation of high-precision isotope measurements with semi-automated multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers.

HALO Research Aircraft

The HALO research aircraft at the airport in Rio Grande, Argentina during the SOUTHTRAC campaign in Sept. - Nov. 2019, with the mini-DOAS instrument on board.

The Aeolotron

The largest active annular wind-wave tank in the world, the Aeolotron, is used to study small-scale exchange processes between the ocean and the atmosphere.

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Dr. Claudia Stephan

Wave-mediated coupling of convection and circulation

Atmospheric 85Kr records and baseline fits for both hemispheres as well as the interhemispheric exchange time

Update of the atmospheric krypton-85 input function

14.11.2020 - 85Kr is an important dating tracer for water and ice with ages up to about 40 years. The new analytical technique of ATTA will make this method more widely applicable. A prerequisite…

The impact of climate change on astronomical observations

10.09.2020 - A new article in Nature Astronomy outlines how climate change is affecting the quality of astronomical observations at the Very Large Telescope (VLT), a suite of four 8 m telescopes,…

Ways to a sustainable and secure food supply

17.08.2020 - How to feed a growing global population in a secure and sustainable way? The conventional, biogenic agriculture has yet failed to provide a reliable concept which circumvents its severe…

Global and Planatary Change - New Publication

Climate and structure of the 8.2 climate event

05.08.2020 - In a new publication in Global and Planetary Change three stalagmites from cave systems in Germany provide new insight on the most pronounced climate anomaly of the Holocene was the 8.2…

Evan Cooper Border receives his PhD

05.08.2020 - Evan Cooper Border a physics student in our team has received his PhD on last Wednesday. Evan worked on the hypothesis of whether or not natural U-isotopes, here the 234U/238U ratio,…

Steffen Therre after his defence last Tuesday

Steffen Therre receives his PhD

05.08.2020 - Steffen Therre received his PhD last week. He studied physics and became a member of the team Physics of Environmental Archives during his Bachelor Science Project in 2014. Over the…

Therese Weissbach during her PhD celebration

Therese Weißbach receives her PhD

22.06.2020 - Therese Weißbach, a Physics student from the team Isotopologues has successfully defended her PhD entitled 'Spectroscopic isotopic ratio analysis on speleothem fluid inclusions -…

Aerial view of University Square, Heidelberg

No place for climate change

12.05.2020 - A transdisciplinary study on climate change adaptation of urban squares with contributions by IUP researchers has been published. A Heidelberg research team including members of the…

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