Research
Theme 2
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Programs and projects - theme 2

Program number
Project number		Program title
Project title
2010Validation of palaeotemperature proxies in marine and lacustrine systems
2011Freshwater crenarchaeotal membrane lipids as proxy for lake surface temperatures
2012Ecology of Nonthermophilic Freshwater Crenarchaeota
2013Chitinous aquatic organisms as proxies for lake surface temperature
2020Origin and cause of Paleogene hyperthermal events
2021Calibration and validation of methane-related proxies
2022Carbon acquisition in calcareous phytoplankton during major greenhouse events: from biological processes to geological record
2023Reconstruction of ocean temperature and carbonate chemistry during astronomical-paced early Eocene hyperthermal events
2030Biological validation of carbonate-based proxies and application to the Middle Miocene onset of icehouse conditions and the closure of the Tethys: seasonality as a key factor
2031Biological validation of proxies for temperature, salinity, oxygenation and pCO2 based on experimental evidence using benthic foraminiferal cultures
2032Assessing the seasonality evolution in the Mediterranean Sea: calibration of carbonate-based proxies and application in selected time slices
2033Application of carbonate-based proxies to the Middle Miocene onset of icehouse conditions and the closure of the Tethys: seasonality as a key factor
2040Niche engineering and the evolution of biogeochemical cycles through time
2041Niche engineering and the evolution of marine biogeochemical cycles through time: the effects of bioirrogation on bacteria and foraminifera
2042Niche engineering and the evolution of marine biogeochemical cycles through timean experimental study of the effects of diffusive and advective bio-irrigation on bacteria and meiofauna
2050Continental climate signals from marine sediments: validation of organic proxies based on membrane lipids of soil bacteria
2051Tracing the biology behind novel paleoenvironmental proxies: Identity and ecophysiology of anaerobic soil bacteria producing branched GDGT membrane lipids
2052Branched tetraether lipids soil bacteria in marine sediments: Tracers for the terrestrial organic matter influx into the ocean and proxies for soil pH and continental temperature
3020Double Trouble - Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future
3021Double Trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future - Dinoflagellate component
3022Double Trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future - Evolutionary changes in calcification mechanisms
3023Double Trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future - Physiologic impacts on marine calcifiers
3024Double Trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future - Consequences of Ocean Acidification for Phytoplankton production and losses
3030Plants in a low CO2 world: proxy development for the Pleistocene plant record and reconstructed feedbacks on the carbon cycle
3031Validation of botanical and organic geochemical proxies in a low CO2 world
3032Carbon cycling traits of plants in a low CO2 world: feedback on soils and the atmosphere
3040Sensing Seasonality
3041The biological imprint of calcification in foraminifera
3042Validation of seasonal proxies using planktic foraminifera
3043Seasonal extremes during rapid (sub-)millennial climate changes in the northern Arabian Sea