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The leader of the IGB research group Global Change Effects on River Ecosystems was nominated by the Leibniz-Association.

For several years, scientists and swimmers have observed a great increase in the number of aquatic plants in the Müggelsee. Whoever looks closely, also sees that the lake is currently very clear.

Global climate change affects all ecosystems, including lakes – and is therefore the focus of long-term research conducted by Rita Adrian. In an interview, she explains how climatic changes have already had an impact on lakes and what we can expect in the future.

The EU financed project AQUACOSM will offer more than 11,500 person-days of Transnational Access to more than 37 different European mesocosm facilities between January 2018 and December 2020.

The environmental historian and nature writer Jessica J. Lee is currently investigating the literary and scientific history of Lake Stechlin.

The equipment for experiments under water has to be set up initially on land: Christof Engelhardt prepares probes for an planned measurement in Lake Stechlin.

For one year, instruments have measured the distribution of nutrients in Lake Iseo in Northern Italy. Now they were retrieved and evaluated.

A new IGB study reveals the serious changes in European freshwater fish fauna over the last 170 years.