Masafumi Yohda
Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Lorenz Adrian
The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) tasked the German Energy Agency (dena) to develop a national long-term strategy on negative emissions – the so-called Nationale Langfriststrategie Negativemissionen. It is the goal of the strategy to provide a national framework for guiding the implementation and upscaling of carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Based on UFZ research...
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR, also known as Negative Emissions) is positioned by the IPCC as a necessary component for achieving climate goals and is part of Germany's climate strategy. However, methods for removing CO2 are still not well known. The opportunities and risks of CDR are barely discussed, both among stakeholders and the general public.
In our talk, we will build on the research...
Plant roots modulate functional traits of the rhizosphere microbial community, which process and transform organic matter in soil. To address the question: how root morphology affects the process of carbon storage in soil, two maize genotypes - a wild-type, and mutant deficient in root-hairs, were grown 5 consecutive years in excavated plots filled with two homogenized soil substrates - loam...
Soil microorganisms utilize plant-derived organic compounds as their C source for growth. From their substrates, they produce biomass. After cell death, the microbial biomass residues contribute to soil organic matter (SOM) formation. We investigated the fate and the C balance of bacterial and fungal biomass residues in soil. 20-40% of the biomass residue-derived C remained in the soil until...
A sustainable circular economy requires linking different sectors and scales [1]. The sector of electric power production and storage and the sector of production of chemicals and fuels can be linked in electrobiorefineires [2]. A highly important role for electrosynthesis in electrobiorefinieres play electrochemical hydrogenations and hydrodeoxygenations [3]. Here we showcase an...
This research aims to contribute to the establishment of a recycling-oriented society through carbon fixation and biomass utilization with marine microalgae.
Biophotovoltaics combines the advantages of light-driven biological water splitting with electrochemical technologies to liberate electrons and drive reductive catalysis. The concept and applications of this approach will be presented and discussed.
