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What are the crucial aspects for river restoration? At the end of April, IGB scientists and representatives of the Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) met on an excursion on the river Havel.

So far, 15 of the 24 enclosures of the LakeLab were equipped with the Stechlin Swing. These tarpaulins help to prevent algal growth on the inner walls of the cylinders. Since all 24 enclosures are needed in this year’s summer experiment, today the remaining 9 cylinders were furnished with the Stechlin Swings.

Dörthe Tetzlaff has been head of IGB’s department of Ecohydrology since August 2017. Time, to make up a first balance. And to talk about research & family, and her future plans.

Rising temperatures are a threat to the balance of lakes. In a new IGB Dossier, researchers provide a summary of the changes that lakes are already undergoing and of the scenarios that are likely to occur.

The IGB team around project leader Dr. Stella Berger has been waiting quite a while for cold temperatures. The scientists were ready to start the scheduled ice experiment at the LakeLab. 

Mongolia is characterised by water scarcity as well as dynamic changes and conflicts of water use in the water sector. IGB is f.i. responsible for the Kharaa Yeröö River Basin Atlas.

A temperature rise of only 1°C would lead to six to 20 percent higher emissions of methane bubbles – which in turn would result in an additional increase in temperature.

IGB scientist Dr. Sibylle Schroer has been awarded the 2017 Galileo Award by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) for her outstanding achievements in research on light pollution.