DFG Extends Funding:
In Baden-Württemberg, Climate Models of Previously Unknown Precision Are Created [20.04.15]
2 million euros for unique approach: German Research Foundation approves another 3 years of funding for University of Hohenheim research group
What grows on which fields, how is the climate in the valley and on the slopes different, and how do the new climate conditions affect farmers’ working conditions, product quality, and income: In Baden-Württemberg, a high-performance computer is currently calculating a future prognosis by the University of Hohenheim that is to answer questions such as this precisely - down to the square kilometer. This is possible because the research group “Regional Climate Change” (FOR 1695) brings together physicists, soil scientists, plant scientists, and agricultural economists in one team. This is an approach that is unique in the world and that the German Research Foundation is now supporting for another three years with 2 million euros. The project is to be completed in 2018.
Text: Klebs
Contact for press:
Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck, University of Hohenheim, Biogeophysics
Tel.: +49 711 459 22796, E-Mail: thilo.streck@uni-hohenheim.de
Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Physics and Meteorology
Tel.: +49 711 459 22150, E-Mail: volker.wulfmeyer@uni-hohenheim.de
Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger, University of Hohenheim, Land Use Economics in the Tropics and Subtropics
Tel.: 0711/459-24116, E-Mail: i490d@uni-hohenheim.de
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fangmeier, University of Hohenheim, Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology
Tel.: +49 711 459 22189, E-Mail: andreas.fangmeier@uni-hohenheim.de
