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Christian Hof is the head of the new Chair of Global Change Ecology at the University of Würzburg. There, he researches how climate change and human influences affect species and biodiversity.

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, has started our 2024 field campaign sampling the 150 grassland plots of the Biodiversity Exploratories.

The MultiCrossBEF Team, Ayushi, Rasmus, and Malte, has started our 2024 field campaign sampling the 150 grassland plots of the Biodiversity Exploratories.

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

The MultiCrossBEF team visited Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, from the 20th to the 23rd of February, to participate in the 21st annual Biodiversity Exploratories Assembly.

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.

Inspiring children around the globe to learn about soil diversity - that is the aim of an initiative launched by Malte Jochum, an ecologist at the University of Würzburg.

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.