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Physical and chemical parameters of sediment core SAC05 from Sacrower See (NE Germany) provide a robust reconstruction of climate change and human impact since 13,000 cal. BP

The 11.8 m-long composite sediment record from the hardwater lake of Sacrower See, located near the city of Potsdam (north-eastern Germany), has been characterised by a range of analytical techniques. These include magnetic susceptibility, chemical parameters (XRF core scanning, CNS analysis, biogenic silica) and stable isotopes (13C, 15N). The chronology covers the entire Holocene and the concluding Lateglacial (Alleröd, Younger Dryas) and is based on age-depth modelling using radiocarbon dates refined by the onset of the local varve chronology in 1870 CE (Lüder et al., 2006) and by the Laacher See Tephra, an isochrone dated to 13,000 cal. BP. It offers a detailed environmental reconstruction providing insights into depositional processes influenced by both natural climatic variations and human activities (Enters et al., 2009; Kirilova et al., 2009). The Lateglacial and Early Holocene are distinguished by the stabilisation of natural landscapes characterised by the presence of pine-birch (Alleröd) and mixed oak forests (Early Holocene). This development was interrupted by the climatic deterioration of the Younger Dryas, which resulted in a destabilisation of vegetation and increased natural soil erosion. It is evident that, for the first time around 5500 cal. BP, anthropogenic forest clearing became a factor, which subsequently led to increasing cultural soil erosion further accelerating during the Bronze Age (3600-3200 cal. BP), the Early Iron Age (2800-2600 cal. BP) and the Middle Ages (900-600 cal. BP). In the course of industrialisation since the 19th century, human impact underwent a transition from the destabilisation of soils to the phenomenon of eutrophication. This transition resulted in the occurrence of hypolimnetic anoxia, accompanied by the formation of carbonaceous varves.

Geochemical parameters in peat depth profiles from ombrotrophic bogs in North and Central Europe. Fochteloër Veen, the Netherlands

This dataset contains geochemical variables measured in six depth profiles from ombrotrophic peatlands in North and Central Europe. Peat cores were taken during the spring and summer of 2022 from Amtsvenn (AV1), Germany; Drebbersches Moor (DM1), Germany; Fochteloër Veen (FV1), the Netherlands; Bagno Kusowo (KR1), Poland; Pichlmaier Moor (PI1), Austria and Pürgschachen Moor (PM1), Austria. The cores AV1, DM1 and KR1 were taken using a Wardenaar sampler (Royal Eijkelkamp, Giesbeek, the Netherlands) and had diameter of 10 cm. The cores FV1, PM1 and PI1 had an 8 cm diameter and were obtained using an Instorf sampler (Royal Eijkelkamp, Giesbeek, the Netherlands). The cores FV1, DM1 and KR1 were 100 cm, core AV1 was 95 cm, core PI1 was 85 cm and core PM1 was 200 cm. The cores were subsampeled in 1 cm (AV1, DM1, KR1, FV1) and 2 cm (PI1, PM1) sections. The subsamples were milled after freeze drying in a ballmill using tungen carbide accesoires. X-Ray Fluorescence (WD-XRF; ZSX Primus II, Rigaku, Tokyo, Japan) was used to determine Al (μg g-1), As (μg g-1), Ba (μg g-1), Br (μg g-1), Ca (g g-1), Cl (μg g-1), Cr (μg g-1), Cu (μg g-1), Fe (g g-1), K (g g-1), Mg (μg g-1), Mn (μg g-1), Na (μg g-1), P (μg g-1), Pb (μg g-1), Rb (μg g-1), S (μg g-1), Si (μg g-1), Sr (μg g-1), Ti (μg g-1) and Zn (μg g-1). These data were processed and calibrated using the iloekxrf package (Teickner & Knorr, 2024) in R. C, N and their stable isotopes were determined using an elemental analyser linked to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-3000, Eurovector, Pavia, Italy & Nu Horizon, Nu Instruments, Wrexham, UK). C and N were given in units g g-1 and stable isotopes were given as δ13C and δ15N for stable isotopes of C and N, respectively. Raw data C, N and stable isotope data were calibrated with certified standard and blank effects were corrected with the ilokeirms package (Teickner & Knorr, 2024). Using Fourier Transform Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-MIR) (Agilent Cary 670 FTIR spectromter, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Ca, USA) humification indices (HI) were determined. Spectra were recorded from 600 cm-1 to 4000 cm-1 with a resolution of 2 cm-1 and baselines corrected with the ir package (Teickner, 2025) to estimate relative peack heights. The HI (no unit) for each sample was calculated by taking the ratio of intensities at 1630 cm-1 to the intensities at 1090 cm-1. Bulk densities (g cm-3) were estimated from FT-MIR data (Teickner et al., in preparation).

Optimization of a Method for the Isolation of Chloroplasts from Fresh Plant Material for the Development of a Bioassay Test for the Determination of Pesticides in Water

Bio-assays are increasingly used in supplement to classical analyses to determine the effect of contamination of waters with herbicides, some of which have been shown to be able to determine herbicides within the limits in compliance with EC-ordonance for drinking water. Preliminary work carried out at the University of Bonn has demonstrated that contamination of different water systems can be identified using inhibition of the light dependent production of oxygen by chloroplasts. Further experiments at IRMM have shown a potential to transfer membrane systems of chloroplasts into stable powder that can be used to carry out such bio-assays. Results: A method has been developed tor the isolation and breakage ot chloroplasts that allow freeze drying of the thylakoid membranes. The photosynthetic activity of the lyophilized material was maintained to 86 - 95 per cent. This powder can be stored for over five month without loss of activity.

Environmental Determinants of Microbial Biopolymer Degraders in Agricultural Soil

The structural polysaccharides cellulose and chitin of plants, fungi, and arthropods are major components of organic matter in agricultural soils. These biopolymers are carbon sources of soil microbial communities linked to soil redox processes. Soil aggregates of waterunsaturated soil form natural boundaries of oxic conditions outside and oxygen-limited conditions inside. These biogeochemical interfaces lead to a highly heterogeneous oxygen distribution on a millimetre scale. The effects and mechanisms of the toxicity of herbicides on biopolymer degrading communities in such highly compartmentalized soils have not been resolved. The proposed study is a continuation of a project funded within Priority Program 1315 'Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil'. The preceding project resolved phylogenetic identities of known and novel prokaryotes linked to cellulose degradation under both oxic and anoxic conditions, and demonstrated that the acidic herbicides Bentazon and MCPA impair microbial processes involved in cellulose degradation. The proposed project will (I) identify chitin-degrading prokaryotes, fungi, and protists that are active in oxic and anoxic microzones, (II) determine the tolerance of various cellulolytic and chitinolytic taxa to Bentazon and MCPA, (III) characterize key chitin-degraders, and (IV) will quantitatively assess oxygen distribution in during biopolymer degradation in an agricultural soil. Central methods will include stable isotope probing, analyses of 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, and chitinase genes, HPLC, GC, and oxygen sensing via analysis of fluorescence dyes.

Social TrAnsformation of the BuiLding sEctor: Sozialgerechte Transformation des Mehrfamilienhausbestands hin zur Klimaneutralität mit Reallaborcharakter, Teilprojekt: Sozialwissenschaftliche Begleitforschung zur Gestaltung einer sozialgerechten und -verträglichen Sanierung des deutschen MFS

Im Rahmen des Projekts STABLE soll die Sanierung eines Mehrfamilienhauses (MFH) wissenschaftlich begleitet werden, wobei eine sozialgerechte Klimaneutralität oberste Prämisse ist. Das Projektkonsortium bringt die notwendigen Expert:innen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis an einen Tisch und schafft somit einen Verfahrensrahmen für die gesellschaftlich akzeptierte Energiewende im Gebäudebereich. Die Untersuchung aller relevanten Akteur:innen stellt sicher, dass die Transformation im Sinne der Gesellschaft stattfindet, was den langfristigen Erfolg des Konzepts sichert. Das Projekt umfasst sowohl die Konzeptionierung eines klimaneutralen Energiesystems für ein existierendes MFH als auch dessen Umsetzung und nachträgliche Begleitung. Damit ermöglicht das Projekt die ganzheitliche Untersuchung des Energiesystems auf der einen Seite und der relevanten Akteur:innen auf der anderen Seite. Für relevante Akteur:innen werden partizipative Methodiken angewandt, um die Energiewende für alle erlebbar zu machen, Bewohner:innen einzubinden und Interessenskonflikte sichtbar zu machen. Die Begleitung der Umsetzung garantiert, dass die zur sozialverträglichen Transformation des Gebäudebestandes existierenden Hürden erkannt sowie Lösungsstrategien entwickelt werden. Zudem wird durch den Dialog mit allen relevanten Akteur:innen angestrebt, dass ein Drehbuch die Erfahrungen aus den Beteiligungsprozessen und innovativen Partizipationsformaten für Sanierungsprojekte anderer Gebäudetypen übertragbar macht.

Linking internal pattern dynamics and integral responses - Identification of dominant controls with a strategic sampling design

In hydrology, the relationship between water storage and flow is still fundamental in characterizing and modeling hydrological systems. However, this simplification neglects important aspects of the variability of the hydrological system, such as stable or instable states, tipping points, connectivity, etc. and influences the predictability of hydrological systems, both for extreme events as well as long-term changes. We still lack appropriate data to develop theory linking internal pattern dynamics and integral responses and therefore to identify functionally similar hydrological areas and link this to structural features. We plan to investigate the similarities and differences of the dynamic patterns of state variables and the integral response in replicas of distinct landscape units. A strategic and systematic monitoring network is planned in this project, which contributes the essential dynamic datasets to the research group to characterize EFUs and DFUs and thus significantly improving the usual approach of subdividing the landscape into static entities such as the traditional HRUs. The planned monitoring network is unique and highly innovative in its linkage of surface and subsurface observations and its spatial and temporal resolution and the centerpiece of CAOS.

CO2 degassing from karstic springs in Southern Germany

This study examines characteristics of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and partial pressures of CO2 characteristics (pCO2) in the source springs and headwaters of four karstic watersheds, via dissolved inorganic carbon concentration and stable carbon isotope measurements. All four spring sources are located in Southern Germany and were measured for water chemistry and stable isotopes with nearby headwater stream points, which were located up to 100 m downstream of the discharge points. Seasonal sampling covered winter, spring, summer, and autumn in 2018.

Social TrAnsformation of the BuiLding sEctor: Sozialgerechte Transformation des Mehrfamilienhausbestands hin zur Klimaneutralität mit Reallaborcharakter, Teilprojekt: Umsetzung einer versorgungssicheren, klimagerechten und wirtschaftlich tragbaren Energieversorgung in einem Mehrfamilienhaus

Im Rahmen des Projekts STABLE soll die Sanierung eines Mehrfamilienhauses (MFH) wissenschaftlich begleitet werden, wobei eine sozialgerechte Klimaneutralität oberste Prämisse ist. Das Projektkonsortium bringt die notwendigen Expert:innen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis an einen Tisch und schafft somit einen Verfahrensrahmen für die gesellschaftlich akzeptierte Energiewende im Gebäudebereich. Die Untersuchung aller relevanten Akteur:innen stellt sicher, dass die Transformation im Sinne der Gesellschaft stattfindet, was den langfristigen Erfolg des Konzepts sichert. Das Projekt umfasst sowohl die Konzeptionierung eines klimaneutralen Energiesystems für ein existierendes MFH als auch dessen Umsetzung und nachträgliche Begleitung. Damit ermöglicht das Projekt die ganzheitliche Untersuchung des Energiesystems auf der einen Seite und der relevanten Akteur:innen auf der anderen Seite. Für relevante Akteur:innen werden partizipative Methodiken angewandt, um die Energiewende für alle erlebbar zu machen, Bewohner:innen einzubinden und Interessenskonflikte sichtbar zu machen. Die Begleitung der Umsetzung garantiert, dass die zur sozialverträglichen Transformation des Gebäudebestandes existierenden Hürden erkannt sowie Lösungsstrategien entwickelt werden. Zudem wird durch den Dialog mit allen relevanten Akteur:innen angestrebt, dass ein Drehbuch die Erfahrungen aus den Beteiligungsprozessen und innovativen Partizipationsformaten für Sanierungsprojekte anderer Gebäudetypen übertragbar macht.

Repository der KI-Ideenwerkstatt: faszination_naechtlicher_vogelzug

# Faszination Nächtlicher Vogelzug A web component for visualizing migratory bird detections on an interactive map. Built with React, MapLibre GL, and the BirdWeather GraphQL API. Designed for embedding into CMS platforms like Contao. ## Tech Stack - **React 19** + **TypeScript** (Vite) - **MapLibre GL** -- WebGL map rendering (Stadia Maps dark theme) - **Supercluster** -- per-species spatial clustering - **Apollo Client 4** -- GraphQL data fetching with caching - **GraphQL Code Generation** -- type-safe queries from BirdWeather schema - **SunCalc** -- astronomical day/night calculations - **Tailwind CSS 4** + **Ant Design 6** -- UI - **Vitest** -- testing ## Features - **Interactive map** with color-coded detection clusters per species - **Timeline animation** with autoplay, step controls, and throttled slider - **Night-only mode** that compresses inactive daytime hours using SunCalc sunrise/sunset calculations - **Day/night overlay** showing the terminator (day/night boundary) as a real-time GeoJSON polygon - **Species search** with autocomplete and availability checking per map viewport - **Supplementary layers** (light pollution, noise mapping via WMS) - **Web component** (`<zug-birdnet>`) for CMS embedding without routing ## Project Structure ``` src/ main.tsx Web component registration App.tsx Root component, species selection state api/ fragments.ts GraphQL fragments (DetectionItem, SpeciesItem) queries.ts GraphQL queries (detections, species, search) useDetections.ts Detection fetch hook with prefetching components/ DatesProvider.tsx Time state context (date range, animation, night mode) MapProvider.tsx MapLibre GL instance context SpeciesDropdown.tsx Species selection with search autocomplete Timeline.tsx Date picker, animation slider, playback controls LayersDropdown.tsx Toggle info layers (light pollution, noise) InfoPopup.tsx Map info marker popups map/ Map.tsx MapLibre GL initialization and rendering clusterUtils.ts Per-species Supercluster index creation colorUtils.ts MapLibre paint expression builder mapStyles.ts Map layer definitions usePersistentColors.ts Stable color assignment per species infopoints.ts Static info marker data lib/ apollo-client.ts Apollo Client with cache type policies buildAvailableSpeciesQuery.ts Dynamic aliased query generation getDayPolygon.ts Day/night terminator polygon calculation getTranslatedSpeciesName.ts i18n species name lookup isNotNull.ts, hasNonNullProp.ts Type guard utilities throttle.ts Throttle utility gql/ Auto-generated GraphQL types (do not edit) ``` ## Architecture Three React context providers compose the application: ``` ApolloProvider GraphQL caching and data fetching DatesProvider Date range, animation state, night-only time segments MapProvider MapLibre GL map instance App Species selection, filtered detections, color mapping ``` **Data flow:** Apollo fetches detections for the current bounding box and date range. Detections are filtered client-side by the visualisation time window (controlled by the timeline slider). Each species gets its own Supercluster index for independent color-coded clustering. Cluster features are rendered via MapLibre GL layers with dynamic `match` paint expressions. **GraphQL:** Queries and fragments are defined in `src/api/` and typed via `@graphql-codegen/client-preset`. Run `npm run codegen` after schema changes to regenerate `src/gql/`. ## Development ```sh npm install npm run dev ``` The dev server uses a self-signed SSL certificate via `@vitejs/plugin-basic-ssl`. Accept the browser warning on first visit. Other commands: ```sh npm run build # Production build npm run test # Run tests npm run lint # ESLint npm run codegen # Regenerate GraphQL types ``` ## Build & Integration Run `npm run build` to produce the `dist/` folder. The build outputs stable filenames (no hashes) and splits vendor dependencies into separate chunks for caching: ``` dist/ index.html assets/ index.css App styles (Tailwind + Ant Design) index.js Application code, React, Supercluster, dayjs, SunCalc maplibre.js MapLibre GL antd.js Ant Design + icons apollo.js Apollo Client + graphql ``` Only `index.js` changes on application updates. Vendor chunks are cache-stable between deploys. To embed the web component, include the built CSS and JS, then use the custom element: ```html <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/index.css"> <script type="module" src="/assets/index.js"></script> <zug-birdnet></zug-birdnet> ``` No routing. The component is self-contained and can be placed anywhere on the page. Third-party CMS integration (e.g., Contao) only needs to include the built assets and the custom element tag. ## Configuration App-level settings are in `src/config.ts`: | Option | Default | Description | |---|---|---| | `SHOW_DEMO_INFOPOINTS` | `false` | Show static info markers on the map (demo/development only) |

Alkane abundance and stable isotope measurements from ELSA stack lake sediments, Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany

n-alkane peak areas from GC-FID measurements. Compound specific hydrogen and carbon isotope measurements made using GC-IRMS. Samples taken from Auel Maar, Holzmaar, and Schalkenmehrener maar lake sediment cores spanning 60,000 years. Age model information and additional proxy data from the ELSA-20 stack are found in Sirocko et al., 2021 (Nature Geoscience) and Sirocko et al., 2022 (Scientific Reports). Full methodological details are found in Zander et al., 2025 (Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry).

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