Students on a field course on soil diversity in the Hahnheide

1 October 2025

Studierende erarbeiten Fragen zur Bodendiversität

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Students develop questions about soil diversity

From September 29 to October 1, 2025, bachelor's students in the geosciences program studied the diversity of soils in the Hahnheide Forest and worked in small groups on questions concerning small-scale diversity, formation, and important properties of soils.

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