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At the end of March 2025, a two-week field trip through Mexico took place as part of a major physical geography excursion organised by the Institute of Geography and Geology at JMU in cooperation with the Institute of Geology at UNAM (Mexico).

The comprehensive sampling of soil carbon in the university forest has been successfully completed. Almost 1000 soil samples were taken at a total of 158 representative points in order to create a precise soil carbon balance as part of the REKLINEU sub-project AP5.

The Sommerhausen forest, located near the wildlife park near Sommerhausen, is the focus of an ecological reforestation project that aims to restore forest areas affected by drought damage. This damage results from the hydrologically unfavorable conditions of the sites, which are increasingly affected by periods of drought as a result of climate change. The aim of the project is to optimize site conditions through targeted soil improvement measures and thus strengthen the resilience of the forest to future climatic challenges.