Our mission

For the past two years, scientists at Leipzig University have been working with partner institutes to create an interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence. The aim is to explore the links between biodiversity and climate change, and the resulting social and economic changes.

Farbfoto: Vogelperspektive auf einen Mischwald mit vielen vertrockneten und kahlen Bäumen zwischen einzelnen grünen Bäumen.

Breathing Nature in 50 seconds

The proposed Cluster of Excellence Breathing Nature will investigate the complex links between climate change and biodiversity, and how they interact with human activity.

Our team

Breathing Nature combines expertise in climate and atmospheric sciences, biodiversity research and the behavioural, social and economic sciences from Leipzig Univerisity, the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and five non-university partners.

Spokespersons

Professor Johannes Quaas

Professor Johannes Quaas

Spokesperson

Theoretische Meteorologie
Stephanstraße 3
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-32931
Fax: +49 341 97-31949

Professor Karin Frank

Professor Karin Frank

Co-Spokesperson

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 235-1279
Telefax: +49 341 235-1473

Professor Alexandra Weigelt

Professor Alexandra Weigelt

Co-Spokesperson

Spezielle Botanik und funktionelle Biodiversität
Johannisallee 21
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-38594
Fax: +49 341 97-38549

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