Videos und Podcasts

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.

Cholesterolemia fluviatilis: plastic is like the cholesterol in the blood system of our continents, the river systems. It is increasingly accumulating in sediments and floodplains. In Alexander Sukhodolov's research group, Humboldt Fellow Martin Blettler is investigating macroplastic residues on the Tagliamento River in Italy.

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.

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

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.

In Schwefelquellen in Mexico leben kleine Fische (Schwefelmollys). Sie schwimmen zu Hunderttausenden im Schwarm und zeigen dabei ein typisches und ungewöhnliches Verhalten. Sie tauchen in Wellen auf und ab - aus der Vogelperspektive wirkt es wie eine riesige La-Ola-Welle, die sich mannigfaltig wiederholt.

Artificial light is proving to be an ever-growing threat to biodiversity. It's harmful to pollinating insects, bats and a host of other creatures, including zooplankton, a crucial part of the aquatic food chain.

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.