Publications

Hannah Zoller, Steven J. Lade, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Ingo Fetzer, Nitin Chaudhary, Juan C. Rocha. 2025. Supplementary material to "A global map of Earth system interactions". https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3341

The intricate interplay of the biophysical processes of the Earth system provides the basis for Earth resilience and human well-being. With local anthropogenic pressures increasing in most regions, there has been a growing need for a systemic understanding of this interplay on a sub-global scale. However, due to inconsistency in the temporal and spatial scales in the corresponding studies, a holistic assessment of the environm...

Hannah Zoller, Steven J. Lade, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Ingo Fetzer, Nitin Chaudhary, Juan C. Rocha. 2025. A global map of Earth system interactions. EGUsphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3341

The intricate interplay of the biophysical processes of the Earth system provides the basis for Earth resilience and human well-being. With local anthropogenic pressures increasing in most regions, there has been a growing need for a systemic understanding of this interplay on a sub-global scale. However, due to inconsistency in the temporal and spatial scales in the corresponding studies, a holistic assessment of the environm...

Hannah Zoller, Juan Rocha, Ingo Fetzer, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, Nitin Chaudhary, Steve Lade. 2025. A bottom-up spatial pattern of Earth system interactions. EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-12239

The intricate interplay of the Earth system’s biophysical processes provides the basis for Earth resilience and human wellbeing. While this interplay has been systematically studied on a global scale, a better understanding of the sub-global interactions is crucial in order to fully assess the systemic environmental impact of human activities. Building on the quantitative framework provided by the Earth system impact metric ...

Hannah Zoller, Nathan E. Lewis, Carlos Garcia Perez, Javier Betel Geijo Fernández, Wolfgang zu Castell. 2024. Measuring and understanding information storage and transfer in a simulated human gut microbiome. PLOS Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012359

Considering biological systems as information processing entities and analyzing their organizational structure via information-theoretic measures has become an established approach in life sciences. We transfer this framework to a field of broad general interest, the human gut microbiome. We use BacArena, a software combining agent-based modelling and flux-balance analysis, to simulate a simplified human intestinal microbiome ...

Graham Hyde, Brian D. Fath, Hannah Zoller. 2024. Measuring system resilience through a comparison of information- and flow-based network analyses. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66654-1

Quantifying the properties of complex, self-organizing systems is increasingly important for understanding the development and state of modern systems. Case studies have recommended sustainability frameworks predominately in literature, but little emphasis has been placed on methodological evaluation. Data availability is often an obstacle that constrains conventional flow-based network analysis, but a novel information-based ...

Areti Balkoni, Wolfgang zu Castell, Karen H. Wiltshire, Maarten Boersma, Hannah Zoller. 2024. Adaptive cycles of a phyto-zooplankton community under human pressure. EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16349

Human activities, such as global warming and nutrient pollution, are posing significant threats to the ecological interactions and biodiversity in aquatic environments. The German Bight, a highly dynamic coastal region of the North Sea, has been subject to considerable warming and nutrient fluctuations over recent decades. These changes have had profound impacts on the plankton communities in this area, leading to a swift reor...