Climate chambers at TUM campus Weihenstephan

9/10/2026
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There are eight climate chambers on TUM’s Freising-Weihenstephan campus—what are climate chambers, and what kind of research is being conducted there? In this report, Bayerischer Rundfunk speaks with researchers and the scientific director of the climate chambers.

A man is standing in the foreground wearing a white lab coat and speaking into the camera. He is standing in front of a large white chamber with a display on the door. Purple light can be seen shining from inside the chamber. — Climate chambers offer researchers unique opportunities to precisely control environmental conditions. Bálint Jákli is the scientific director of the climate chambers and, together with researchers, explains why this research infrastructure is unique.

There are 14 facilities worldwide comparable to the climate chambers on the Freising-Weihenstephan campus. Yet these are unique, says Bálint Jákli, scientific director of the climate chambers at TUMmesa, the Model EcoSystem Analyser at TUM. No other climate chambers are as flexible as these.

Temperature, water, nutrients, and ozone and CO2 levels can be precisely controlled. This allows researchers not only to identify optimal growing conditions but also to simulate climate scenarios. Richard Peters, professor of tree growth and wood physiology at TUM, and Sebastian Eichelsbacher, a doctoral student at the Chair of Digital Agriculture, explain exactly how this is used in research.

Link to the video on Bayerischer Rundfunk [available in German, only].

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Climate chambers at TUM campus Weihenstephan