News | IGB

3 May 2017

Under cover of darkness

How does light pollution affect the immune system of fish? Franziska Kupprat investigates this question in her PhD thesis at the IGB.

6 April 2017

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Turbid prospects for pristine lakes

In two studies, IGB scientists present new insights about the effects of summer storms on the ecosystem processes of pristine lakes.

21 March 2017

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International network connects experimental research in European waters

IGB coordinates and leads the project AQUACOSM, where the first systematic large-scale experiments in both freshwater and marine ecosystems will be performed.

14 March 2017

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First it was cows - now it’s larvae!

Scientists have discovered that a certain species of larvae uses methane to propel itself and it is even possible that this mechanism is accelerating the release of gases into the atmosphere and magnifying global warming.

8 March 2017

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Season’s start for the monitoring station on Lake Müggelsee

After a two-month winter break, IGB’s monitoring station on Lake Müggelsee resumes its work.

23 February 2017

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Some like it warm

Warming climates have led to an increase in warm-dwelling species over the past 30 years. IGB shares it's long-term data to study global change effects.

26 January 2017

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Synthetic chemicals: ignored agents of global change

Despite a steady rise in the manufacture and release of synthetic chemicals, research on the ecological effects of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals is severely lacking.

11 January 2017

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Winter break for IGB's monitoring station

The station Georg Mothes is protected by ice on the landing state of IGB. During the winter break measurements are only possible to a limited extent.

17 March 2016

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Biological Field Stations: Keeping a Pulse on our Planet

Forscher des IGB und der renommierte Ökologe Gene E. Likens haben eine weltweite Bestandsaufnahme durchgeführt.

10 August 2015

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"As a light physicist I have until now mostly worked in darkened and sterile laboratories"

After returning from his postdoctoral residency at the University of Brisbane in Australia, Andreas Jechow visited by chance the Lake Stechlin Information Center in 2012. There he saw a scale model of the LakeLab and was immediately fascinated by the research platform and the concept behind it. Now, three years later he is part of the LakeLab team and studies the light regimes in the mesocosms.