Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ | Germany
Dr. Almudena García-García is a scientist specializing in remote sensing and environmental sciences, currently affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Remote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research at Leipzig University. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland and St. Francis Xavier University, following an M.Sc. in Earth Sciences and a B.Sc. in Physics. With extensive experience as a course and lab instructor, research assistant, and project manager, her work focuses on climate extremes, soil heat dynamics, hydrology, and biodiversity under changing environmental conditions. Dr. García-García has led and contributed to multiple national and international research projects, including DFG-funded studies on soil heat extremes and ESA’s 4DHYDROLOGY initiative. She has co-authored numerous high-impact peer-reviewed publications on soil moisture, transpiration, land-surface modeling, and Earth observation data integration. Recognized for her scientific excellence, she has received the Governor General Graduate Medal, the Moire A. Wadleigh Award, and a nomination to the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Dr. García-García has supervised bachelor, master, and Ph.D. students, fostering the next generation of environmental scientists. Her research combines remote sensing, Earth system modeling, and observational data to better understand the impacts of climate variability and extremes on terrestrial and hydrological systems.
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Featured Publications
Beltrami, H., González-Rouco, J. F., Peng, J., Cuesta-Valero, F. J., García-García, A., & García-Pereira, F. (2025, November 12). Robust increase in observed heat storage by the global subsurface. Science Advances.
Mahecha, M. D., Bastos, A., Bohn, F. J., Eisenhauer, N., Feilhauer, H., Hickler, T., Kalesse-Los, H., Migliavacca, M., Otto, F. E. L., Peng, J., et al. (2024). Biodiversity and climate extremes: Known interactions and research gaps. Earth’s Future.
Garcia-Pereira, F., Gonzalez-Rouco, J. F., Melo-Aguilar, C., Steinert, N. J., Garcia-Bustamante, E., de Vrese, P., Jungclaus, J., Lorenz, S., Hagemann, S., Cuesta-Valero, F. J., et al. (2024). First comprehensive assessment of industrial-era land heat uptake from multiple sources. Earth System Dynamics, 15, 547–2024.
Garcia-Pereira, F., Gonzalez-Rouco, J. F., Schmid, T., Melo-Aguilar, C., Vegas-Canas, C., Steinert, N. J., Roldan-Gomez, P. J., Cuesta-Valero, F. J., Garcia-Garcia, A., & Beltrami, H., et al. (2024). Thermodynamic and hydrological drivers of the soil and bedrock thermal regimes in central Spain. Soil, 10, 1–2024.
Meng, X., Hu, J., Peng, J., Li, J., Leng, G., Ferhatoglu, C., Li, X., Garcia-Garcia, A., & Yang, Y. (2024). Validation and expansion of the soil moisture index for assessing soil moisture dynamics from AMSR2 brightness temperature.