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.
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.
IGB researcher Sonja Jähnig is a Falling Walls finalist in the category of life sciences. In her five-minute video she explains which wall her research is taking down: the wall of the silent freshwater biodiversity crisis.
