Success Stories

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to ecosystems worldwide, demanding robust scientific evidence to guide adaptation and mitigation strategies. AnaEE-ERIC addresses this critical need by providing researchers with access to a distributed network of experimental platforms where they can simulate future climate conditions and observe real-time ecosystem responses. Through controlled manipulations of temperature, precipitation, CO₂ levels, and other environmental variables across diverse European biomes, the infrastructure enables scientists to move beyond predictive models and directly observe how ecosystems will respond to different climate scenarios. This experimental approach generates the empirical data essential for validating climate models, understanding tipping points in ecosystem functioning, and developing evidence-based solutions for agriculture, forestry, and natural resource management in a changing world. Projects like AGROSERV are leveraging AnaEE facilities to study ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, while urban forestry initiatives in collaboration with Finnish cities are exploring how green infrastructure can help urban areas adapt to warming temperatures and extreme weather events. By facilitating long-term experiments and cross-site comparisons, AnaEE-ERIC is building the knowledge base needed to protect ecosystem services and ensure food security for future generations.