Videos and podcasts

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.

Biodiversity is the variety and variability of life on our Planet. It serves multiple functions in regulating chemistry of the atmosphere, water supply, production of biomass and recycling essential nutrients.

is an integrated, international network of experimental infrastructures of 21 marine and freshwater research institutes.

This video is about 4th network school of EU ITN RIBES project. This network school was organized by IGB on the Tagliamento River in Italy during the period from 26 June till 3 July 2022.

When IGB was offered to make a video for Berlin Science Week 2021, we asked the artists Francisca Rocha Goncalves (AQUATAG Project) and Kat Austen (ACTION Project), to get involved.

Der Kurzfilm streift die historischen Nutzungen der Lahn und präsentiert dann fünf wichtige Ökosystemleistungen der Lahn, von der Anwohner und Touristen bereits jetzt in unterschiedlichem Maß profitieren. Außerdem wird gezeigt, wie diese Leistungen am IGB im Rahmen des BMBF-Projekts  analysiert und flächenhaft dargestellt werden.

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.