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Our planet is experiencing a dramatic decline in biodiversity. Freshwater plants and animals are particularly at risk. IGB scientists reveal where and why freshwater habitats are declining.

Ecological flood control, i.e. measures that restore floodplains, is effective, technically possible and economically efficient. Yet, this approach is not consistently implemented worldwide because of the high administrative and legal hurdles.

What are the effects of climate change on underwater plants in German inland waters?

Small bodies of water, i.e. natural ponds, kettle holes and pools, account for 30 to 50 per cent of the world’s standing water. Owing to their size, however, the importance of small water bodies was long underestimated. On the occasion of World Water Day, experts from IGB take a look at these rather under-appreciated ecosystems.

Lynn Govaert has used freshwater ciliates to study how competition between species influences plastic and genetic responses to environmental change. 

Today, Working Group II's contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report was published, with Rita Adrian as one of the leading authors. An interview.

Stephanie Spahr talks about her focus on water pollution and how simple solutions often require complex knowledge. Rain is her favourite water resource and she likes the idea of Berlin as a sponge city for a future-oriented water management.

Due to global climate change, lakes around the world are getting warmer and freezing over on fewer days of the year. An international research team with Georgiy Kirillin from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) has recently shown that the changes would not have occurred without increasing greenhouse gas emissions.