Planetary Processes Geo-resources & -hazards Environment Freie Universität Berlin Dr. Thomas Spangehl, Institute of Meteorology, spangehl@met.fu-berlin.de 17 June 2011, InfoDay, Brussels Research Foci at Department of Earth Sciences Planetary Processes Atmospheric processes Surface processes Palaeo-environments Earth interior processes Fault dynamics Evolution of Life, Bioradiation, Habitability Geo-resources & -hazards Energy Water & land management Floods, droughts, storms Earthquakes Climate change Environment Urban environments, pollution, land use Human settlement Impacts from space Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences, http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html

„Greenhouse gasses in the city” Institute of Meteorology Prof. Dr Ulrich Cubasch: cubasch@zedat.fu-berlin.de Research chain 1 „Vector borne Diseases“ Research chain 2 „Sustainable Water Management, Land Use and Ecology” Research chain 3 „Climate Change and Human Health” MILIEU Centre for Urban Earth System Studies SPEAKER: PROF. DR. ULRICH CUBASCH WE UNITE MORE THAN 80 SCIENTISTS ACROSS ALL FOUR LARGE UNIVERSITIES OF BERLIN, TWELVE RESEARCH FACILITIES AND THE BERLIN SENATE, GATHERING THE EXPERTISE IN URBAN SYSTEM RESEARCH AND PLANNING OF THE ENTIRE CAPITAL REGION OF BERLIN-BRANDENBURG Humidity Research chain 0: Measurement data, uncertainties and climate scenario definition Research chain X: Integration, model-data fusion, uncertainty propagation, synthesis Air pollution Research chain 5 „Air Quality in Cities“ Research chain 4 „Our Vanishing Night” Research chain 6 „Greenhouse gasses in the city” Cluster structure Energy consum-tion for street lights The cluster consists of 6 thematic research chains which are connected by two integrative chains. Arrows indicate examples of interaction between chains Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences, http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html 2

Contact details Department of Earth Sciences http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html Institute of Meteorology Prof. Dr Ulrich Cubasch: cubasch@zedat.fu-berlin.de Head of the section “climate modelling” Selected lead author and review editor in the IPCC Prof. Dr Uwe Ulbrich: ulbrich@met.fu-berlin.de Executive Director of Institute of Meteorology at Freie Universität Berlin Head of the section “climate variability and extremes“ Geographical Sciences Prof. Dr Dörte Segebart: doerte.segebart@fu-berlin.de Prof. Dr Achim Schulte: achim.schulte@fu-berlin.de Workgroup Hydrogeology Prof. Dr Michael Schneider: mschn@zedat.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences, http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html