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A large international field experiment with Monika Degebrodt and Mark Gessner demonstrates the importance of riparian plant diversity for leaf litter decomposition in stream ecosystems.

Lakes in Arctic or boreal regions are usually covered by ice for several months. Such lakes are home to specialised algae (phytoplankton) that grow right under the ice and dominate the spring bloom. But what happens when the ice cover of these waters decreases as a result of climate change? A new model predicts abrupt changes.

Today is World Water Day. In an interview, IGB doctoral student Helena Huđek and her scientific supervisor Martin Pusch report on the state of Europe’s rivers, and how to get them flowing again.

In the last 10 years, the ecological status of Lake Stechlin has deteriorated seriously. IGB-researchers have prepared a new IGB Dossier that summarises the state of knowledge and identifies possible options for action. 

Conflicts of goals between transport and environmental policy: IGB gives feedback on the EU Action Programme on Inland Waterway Transport.

Researchers need data to generate scientific findings. Two new research methods – culturomics and iEcology – use the internet for this purpose. These approaches offer many opportunities, especially for the exploration of aquatic habitats.

In an interview, Stella Berger and Sabine Wollrab report on the first results from the CONNECT project. They also talk about why it is particularly interesting to work in a multidisciplinary team, and how this benefits the project.

The CONNECT project, coordinated by IGB and involving seven partner institutions, started out in May 2019 with the collection of data. In an interview, Stella Berger and Sabine Wollrab report on the first results, and explain why it is particularly interesting to work in a multidisciplinary team, and how this benefits the project.