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Today is World Coffee Day, so lay back, take a sip, watch our video and learn more about how water bodies stratify like milk in your coffee.

The German Limnological Society (DGL) awards the Schwoerbel Benndorf Prize to outstanding young scientists. This year’s 3rd place went to Philipp Wolke for his master thesis on the hyporheic zone.

On the occasion of the global climate strike, we have compiled 10 facts from our studies that underline the need for more climate action. A good read on the way to the demonstration!

International teams with Luc De Meester developed a framework  to fully grasp the opportunity to use urbanization as a model system to study eco-evolutionary dynamics.

What effect does street lighting have on insects and what could an environment-friendly lighting design look like? This is what researchers are investigating together with citizen scientists in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hesse and Brandenburg.

In the 2nd episode of the new Marthe Vogt Podcast by the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., aquatic microbial ecologist Mina Bizic talks about her journey to academia and her life beyond science.

David Bierbach and Jens Krause show that animals’ speed is fundamental for collective behavioral patterns, and that ultimately it is the faster individuals that have the strongest influence on group-level behavior. 

The new EICAT standard is a simple and objective tool that classifies alien species by the severity and type of their known environmental impacts.