About our work
August /2023 until today
Fieldwork in the at Atacama Desert. Funded by "Tübigen Research Takeoff Program" from BRALAT Project 08-2023.
Picture shows field with Tillandsia landbekii and associated plants at the Atacama Desert.
September/2022 - 2023
August /2023
Fieldwork in the at Namib Desert. Funded by "Senckenberg Seed Funding Program 2021.
We were at Gobabeb, in the Namib desert for 3 weeks. We had 9 days of fog and we can do our fieldwork!
Results from first phase:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61796-8
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196324001927
https://vimeo.com/758203805
“Fog Catchers”
We were at the Atacama desert between August and September 2023. We made contact with new partners from Chile. We talked about our idea for a larger project aimed at simultaneously studying the plants of the Atacama and Namib Deserts. To find out if there are any convergences between the plants of the two deserts belonging to the ancient continent Gondwana.
The picture left shows Tillansia landbekii with a mini Data Logger which collected data on the microclimate inside the plant.
Eulychnia iquiquensis
Installation of climate loggers on Eulychnia cacti in the fog zone of the Atacama Desert
Alto Patache
Alto Parache Research Station from PUC-Chile at one of the most arid spots on earth. The station is 100% supported by fog water
