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Exploring the importance of ponds

Why are ponds important? What threats do they face? And how can PONDERFUL help? Ponds have been largely overlooked but they are vital for biodiversity – and could even help us adapt to climate change. Discover more about these rich and fascinating habitats, how can they help to protect wildlife and their importance to humans as a nature-based solution. This video was created by the PONDERFUL project and received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 869296. Find out more about the PONDERFUL project.

Join the AQUACOSM network

AQUACOSM is an integrated, international network of experimental infrastructures of 21 marine and freshwater research institutes. The goal of this networking is a better coordination of future research projects, joint developing of best practices and opening of the mesocosms of both fresh water and marine research institutes for international, interdisciplinary cooperation.

Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat

Global warming is increasing the temperatures of lakes worldwide. Benjamin Kraemer teamed up with colleagues to quantify the long-term temperature changes in 139 lakes worldwide. They analysed shifts in thermal habitats – the temperature conditions needed by species to survive – and found that as lakes warm, species will need to shift to different depths or seasons.

Selected publications

August 2026

The Zooplankton International Geospatial dataset: A global repository of spatiotemporal freshwater zooplankton community composition data from lakes and reservoirs to support ecological research

Stephanie E. Figary; Michael F. Meyer; Rachel M. Pilla; Warren J. S. Currie; Javier Alcocer; María Belén Alfonso; Caitlin M. Andrews; Orlane Anneville; Ana M. Antão-Geraldes; Shelley E. Arnott; Syuhei Ban; Arnab Banerjee; Gábor Bernát; Jessica E. Beyer; Kätlin Blank; Kelly L. Bowen; Christer Brönmark; Rosalie Bruel; Sarah H. Burnet; Tyler J. Butts; Cayelan C. Carey; Rossana Caroni; Moitreyee Chakrabarty; Sudeep Chandra; Kirsten S. Christoffersen; Alicia Cortés; Maria Cristina Crispim; Elvira de Eyto; Luciana De Souza Cardoso; Bridget R. Deemer; Curtis L. DeGasperi; Braden C. DeMattei; Jianming Deng; Jean-Pierre Descy; Inta Dimante-Deimantovica; Nadia Diovisalvi; Renata Dondajewska-Pielka; Jonathan P. Doubek; Tvrtko Dražina; Hilary A. Dugan; Zorka Dulić; Ashley A. Dunker; Gaël Dur; Brie A. Edwards; Jolanta E. Ejsmont-Karabin; Mariam Elmarsafy; Zeynep Ersoy; Rocio Fernandez; Heidrun Feuchtmayr; Maria Soledad Fontanarrosa; Elena Forasacco; László G.-Tóth; Evelyn E. Gaiser; Gideon Gal; Anita Galir; Javier R. Garcia de Souza; Scott F. Girdner; Ryszard Goldyn; K. David Hambright; David P. Hamilton; Lars-Anders Hansson; Susan P. Hendricks; Huihuang Chen; Pascal M. Isumbisho; Stéphan Jacquet; Jun Yang; Martin J. Kainz; Maciej Karpowicz; Samiullah Khan; Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Madura; Natalia Kuczyńska-Kippen; Silke Langenheder; Sarah D. Lawhun; Barbara Leoni; Fabio Lepori; Shuqi Lin; Arni H. Litt; Eleanor B. Mackay; Marina M. Manca; Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki; Blake Matthews; Linda May; Yvonne R. McElarney; Christopher J. McLimans; Rosemberg F. Menezes; Ewa Merz; Evangelia Michaloudi; S. Jannicke Moe; Dörthe C. Müller-Navarra; Manuel E. Muñoz-Colmenares; Kayden C. Nasworthy; Veronica Nava; Jens C. Nejstgaard; Ulrike Obertegger; David A. Ortiz; Luis A. Oseguera; Michael J. Paterson; Maria Cintia Piccolo; Lorena Pinheiro-Silva; Roberta Piscia; Francesco
Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - 11(2026)5, Art. e70152

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