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DFG-Funded Project Examines the Impact of Climate Change on Grassland Ecosystems: 150 Soil Samples and 30 Samples of Aboveground Fauna Collected

Team MultiCrossBEF at Hainich Dün enjoying the sunset the place offers after a week of hard work!

Part of the MultiCrossBEF team sampled the 47 available grassland areas in the Schorfheide-Chorin region of the Biodiversity Exploratories..

The MultiCrossBEF team, Ayushi, Rasmus and Malte, started the large-scale field sampling of the 150 grassland plots in the Biodiversity Exploratories last week

"Here the gardener's best friend - elsewhere a plague for already stressed ecosystems: earthworms are always worth a chat.

The color of dragonfly communities reacts to seasonal fluctuations in solar radiation. However, over the past 30 years, this color pattern has changed—likely an effect of climate change.

When we talk about unknown worlds, we usually think of distant galaxies, high above us, in the stars. But below us, in the ground, there is also a whole universe of creatures and communities waiting to be explored. A world of small and tiny creatures, sometimes not even visible to the naked eye, is very important for the health of our crops and even influences the global climate. We humans need to get to know them in order to protect them.