Welcome to KIT/IMK-IFU
Scientists at IMK-IFU investigate changes in the atmosphere, the water balance and the living conditions for vegetation and society in global climate change.
Investigating processes that influence the atmosphere is an essential basis for understanding climate change and developing strategies that help us to cope with the changing conditions.
The researchers on the KIT-Campus Alpin use measurements and modeling to investigate the bio-geochemical and physical processes responsible for the interaction of climate, vegetation, soils, and water availability, for example, in the emission or degradation of greenhouse gases in climate-sensitive regions such as mountain regions, arid regions, agricultural areas, and cities. For more than 65 years, research at the Institute has always focused on environmental topics of great complexity and high social relevance. Today, the Institute is concerned with the causes and effects of climate change; for example, the role of agriculture in Bavaria, the African Sahel or in Southeast Asia.
The IMK-IFU is active in projects and partnerships worldwide - because the global dimension of climate change and human influence on the environment requires that local environmental issues are also addressed in a global context.
KIT-Campus Alpin
The IMK-IFU at the KIT-Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the largest Bavarian climate research institution and has been active in the region since 1954. It is the oldest environmental research institution in Germany dedicated to global issues. Since 2002, the institute has been part of the Helmholtz Association as part of today's KIT.
Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann: "Early warning systems for all are a contribution to greater climate justice".
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Researchers at KIT have used deep learning to improve both the spatial and temporal resolution of coarse precipitation maps for the first time.
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Researchers at KIT Campus Alpin are using data from the mobile phone network to create rainfall maps in West Africa in order to improve flood forecasting in the data-poor region.
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Expert panel and panel discussion on the Oberland energy transition (EWO), which envisages the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energies by 2035. Forwarding to Merkur.
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The increase in food production requires greater use of fertilizers and leads to higher environmental pollution. Redistributing the amount of fertilizer evenly across the world's croplands could mitigate this environmental impact.
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Water vapor is a natural greenhouse gas. ARD SMS - Schwanke meets Science reports on the measurement of the water vapor concentration in the atmosphere above Mt. Zugspitze at the Schneefernerhaus environmental research station. Forwarding to the ARD-Mediathek.
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Green Shoots wildE to explore how rewilding can address the climate and biodiversity crises. A webinar to bring young researchers and experts together.
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Short interview on heavy precipitation and hail events by Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann in the ARD broadcast quer. Interview from minute 08:33. Forwarding to ARD-Mediathek.
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New construction of the atmospheric observatory completed. Continuation of the measurement series which has been recording trace gas concentrations from the analysis of sunlight since 1995. Interview from minute 29.
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