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In the run-up to the Bundestag election in 2017, the IGB has identified five urgent water related issues and published them in a policy letter. In the next legislature, there is an urgent need for discussion and action for the new federal government.

As part of the BMBF ideas competition "New products for the bio-economy" a new breeding concept for protein-rich insect larvae, developed at the IGB, is promoted as sustainable future feed source.

An IGB review article was selected as one of the four best ones published in the reknown journal Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T)  in 2016.

In two studies, IGB scientists present new insights about the effects of summer storms on the ecosystem processes of pristine lakes.

A team of researchers and cave divers discovered the first cave fish species in Europe. The cave loach lives in Lake Constance.

Two glorious winners returned to their working groups with a bottle of sparkling wine: Jens Nejstgaard (AQUACOSM) and Maximilian Lau (ISEO).

Around the globe, millions of people are turning their lights off for one hour as a common symbol for environmental protection. The "Loss of the Night" network has composed ideas how to spend one hour without lights.

IGB coordinates and leads the project AQUACOSM, where the first systematic large-scale experiments in both freshwater and marine ecosystems will be performed.