FACE2FACE
Funding Agency: LOEWE-HMWK // Duration: 2014 - 2017 // Speaker: Prof. Christoph Müller, PhD
What are the consequences of climate change for Central European agriculture?
It is getting warmer - also in Hesse. What does climate change mean for Central European agriculture? In order to investigate the complex effects of carbon dioxide on plants, soils, microorganisms and insects, LOEWE's focus "FACE2FACE" combines two large open-air experimental facilities to form a research platform: the "Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment" systems - FACE for short - at Justus Liebig University in Giessen and Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences. The FACE systems make it possible to regulate the carbon dioxide concentration on defined surfaces and thus simulate the expected state in the middle of the century. Based on their findings, the scientists hope to develop strategies for adapting to climate change and reducing its consequences. They will concentrate on the agricultural ecosystems of grassland, viticulture and vegetable growing, horticulture and fruit growing.
All information about Face2Face can be found here