M.Sc. Tobias Nützel

My research is part of the „Carbon Dioxide Removal“-funding line of the BMBF (STEPSEC and CDRSynTra).

I'm interested in questions such as: How much can land-based carbon dioxide removal methods such as re-/afforestation and BECCS contribute to future global climate change mitigation? To what extent and where can this be done without harming other sustainability goals and are there even potential synergy effects? How does future climate change affect land-based carbon dioxide removal (and vice versa)?

I investigate these questions on global and regional scales using dynamic global vegetation and earth system models which represent vegetation processes, their interactions with biogeochemical cycles, the water cycle, energy fluxes and feedbacks between the different components of the earth system.

Additionally, I've also worked with semi-empirical bookkeeping models that track changes in different carbon pools due to land use and land cover change. My work covers the full range from technical implementations into these models, designing and running large simulation ensembles to output data analysis.

Recently, I've contributed to the 2024 edition of the Global Carbon Budget, which is an annual assessment of the current state of the global carbon cycle, as part of the model inter-comparison project TRENDY.

09/2024

Short excursion Hamberg wind turbine / Brucker Moos

The one-day excursion provides insights into two ways of climate protection in the Munich area, technically through the generation of wind energy and, of course, through the rewetting and preservation of moors. Together with experts, we will address questions such as: How does a wind turbine work? What are the future prospects for wind energy in the region? How can local citizens be won over to wind energy projects? But also: What significance do moors have for the climate and biodiversity? Why were moors such as the Brucker Moos drained historically? What options are there for rewetting and are there ways to combine agriculture and wet moorland?

07/2024

Short excursion Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Schachen / Wetterstein (two days)

This two-day excursion crosses the various vegetation zones of the Wetterstein mountains. We will deal with locally specific questions on geomorphology, hydrology, vegetation and land use in the Wetterstein Mountains, as well as with more general questions concerning the (high) mountains such as: How does climate change affect vegetation / biodiversity in the mountains? How do mountains influence the climate? How will climate change affect the climate of the Alps? Are there conflicts of interest between the use and preservation of cultural landscapes and nature conservation and, if so, can these be resolved?

06/2024

Soil science and soil physics laboratory course (Master)

04/2024

Soil-physical-hydrological field practical course (Master)

03/2024

Small excursion to the Easter Lakes

03/2024

Small excursion Ebersberg Forest

02/2024

Small excursion DLR Oberpfaffenhofen

09/2023

Small excursion Hamberg wind turbine / Brucker Moos

08/2023

Small excursion Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Schachen / Wetterstein (two days)

06/2023

Soil science and soil physics laboratory course (Master)

04/2023

Soil-physical-hydrological field practical course (Master)

03/2023

Small excursion Osterseen

03/2023

Small excursion Ebersberg Forest

03/2023

Small excursion DLR Oberpfaffenhofen

10/2019 - 03/2022

M.Sc. Environmental Systems and Sustainability (Physical Geography)

LMU Munich

Master thesis title: Utilization of wood products: Importance of internal model assumptions and relevance for the global carbon budget

10/2015 - 09/2019

B.Sc. in Geography (Major) and Political Science (Minor)

LMU Munich

Bachelor Thesis title: Modelling emissions through land use and land cover change in African countries with the bookkeeping model BLUE