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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.

Ein deutsch-chinesisches Forscherteam unter IGB Beteiligung hat mittels molekular-genetischer Methoden eine alternative Theorie zu Einwanderung und Evolution vieler Arten im Himalaya getestet.

Jonathan Jeschke und seine Koautoren sind mit dem Preis für die meistzitierte Veröffentlichung aus dem Jahr 2014 in der Zeitschrift Conservation Biology ausgezeichnet worden.

A new IGB study reveals the serious changes in European freshwater fish fauna over the last 170 years.

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

A new comprehensive collection of online Atlases offers a wide variety of information on freshwater ecosystems and their biological diversity on global, continental and regional scale.

Freshwater megafauna such as river dolphins, crocodilians and sturgeons play vital roles in their respective ecosystems. IGB researchers have teamed up with international colleagues to illustrate the factors that currently threaten these large vertebrates.

Warming climates have led to an increase in warm-dwelling species over the past 30 years. IGB shares it's long-term data to study global change effects.