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The warming of large lakes amplifies their colour. Contrary to previous assumptions, the warming of lakes tends to amplify their richness or poverty of phytoplankton. Lakes which are green become greener, blue lakes become even bluer.

A team of IGB scientists has identified microplastics as habitat for numerous microorganisms, including more than 80 different fungi species.

The leader of the IGB research group Global Change Effects on River Ecosystems was nominated by the Leibniz-Association.

For several years, scientists and swimmers have observed a great increase in the number of aquatic plants in the Müggelsee. Whoever looks closely, also sees that the lake is currently very clear.

A new socioeconomic classification system classifies invasive species according to their direct impact on people's lives and shows which species should be controlled as priority.

Global climate change affects all ecosystems, including lakes – and is therefore the focus of long-term research conducted by Rita Adrian. In an interview, she explains how climatic changes have already had an impact on lakes and what we can expect in the future.

The EU financed project AQUACOSM will offer more than 11,500 person-days of Transnational Access to more than 37 different European mesocosm facilities between January 2018 and December 2020.

The environmental historian and nature writer Jessica J. Lee is currently investigating the literary and scientific history of Lake Stechlin.