GREENCYCLESII
5.6 Land use, biofuels and global biogeochemistry
The aim of this project within GCII is to investigate the effects of the growing demand for land from the production of food crops and biofuels and its influence on the coupled Earth system.
In particular the biogeochemical responses and their climatic consequences will be studied. This includes the development of a parameterisation of biofuel crops for the dynamic vegetation model LPJmL and the global land and water use model MAgPIE.
Primary Supervisor: Dr Georg Feulner (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
Secondary Supervisor: Dr Laurent Bopp (Commisariat de l'Energie Atomique)
Fellow: Dr Guillaume Vilain (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)