Research project ITMS

Measuring instruments on the outer wall of an aircraft with the lettering “Monitoring for Climate Research”.

IAGOS research infrastructure celebrates 30th anniversary

September 25, 2024

Since the first measurement flight in 1994, the European research infrastructure IAGOS has developed a measurement technique that is used in commercial airplanes and regularly provide extensive climate data from the atmosphere. more

Jänschwalde lignite-fired power plant in Niederlausitz, Brandenburg

Tracking greenhouse gases

October 20, 2022

Christoph Gerbig Climate Change Greenhouse Gases Research project ITMS

The sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in Germany are to be better monitored in future. This is the goal of the Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System (ITMS) for Germany, which was officially launched with a three-day meeting from 18 to 20 October 2022 at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena. The ITMS is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and aims to provide the German government and the public with reliable information on the state and development of greenhouse gas fluxes. more