Videos

Exploring the importance of ponds

Why are ponds important? What threats do they face? And how can PONDERFUL help? Ponds have been largely overlooked but they are vital for biodiversity – and could even help us adapt to climate change. Discover more about these rich and fascinating habitats, how can they help to protect wildlife and their importance to humans as a nature-based solution. This video was created by the PONDERFUL project and received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 869296. Find out more about the PONDERFUL project.

Join the AQUACOSM network

AQUACOSM is an integrated, international network of experimental infrastructures of 21 marine and freshwater research institutes. The goal of this networking is a better coordination of future research projects, joint developing of best practices and opening of the mesocosms of both fresh water and marine research institutes for international, interdisciplinary cooperation.

Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat

Global warming is increasing the temperatures of lakes worldwide. Benjamin Kraemer teamed up with colleagues to quantify the long-term temperature changes in 139 lakes worldwide. They analysed shifts in thermal habitats – the temperature conditions needed by species to survive – and found that as lakes warm, species will need to shift to different depths or seasons.

Selected publications

January 2026

Distinct contributions of suspended and sinking prokaryotes to mesopelagic carbon budget

Pauline Le Coq; Urania Christaki; France Van Wambeke; Elisabeth Chevillon; Bruno Zakardjian; Marc Garel; Sophie Guasco; Chloé M. J. Baumas; Anne E. Dekas; Patricia Bonin; Badr Al Ali; Maéva Gesson; Frédéric Le Moigne; Mireille Pujo-Pay; Olivier Crispi; Olivier Grosso; Thierry Moutin; Nagib Bhairy; Emmanuel de Saint Léger; Laurent Memery; Lionel Guidi; Fabrice Armougom; Hans-Peter Grossart; Christian Tamburini
Nature Geoscience. - XX(2026), XX-XX
Biodiversity
December 2025

Current protected areas provide limited benefits for European river biodiversity

James S. Sinclair; Rachel Stubbington; Ellen A. R. Welti; Jukka Aroviita; Nathan J. Baker; Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles; Zoltán Csabai; David Cunillera-Montcusí; Sami Domisch; Martial Ferréol; Mathieu Floury; Marie Anne Eurie Forio; Peter L. M. Goethals; Alexia M. González-Ferreras; Kaisa-Leena Huttunen; Richard K. Johnson; Lenka Kuglerová; Aitor Larrañaga; Timo Muotka; Riku Paavola; Petr Pařil; Jes J. Rasmussen; Ralf B. Schäfer; Rudy Vannevel; Gábor Várbíró; Martin Wilkes; Peter Haase
Nature Communications. - 16(2025), Art. 11146

Freshwater research – our programme areas at a glance

20 freshwater species that deserve our attention