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Giulia Friedland and Michael Hupfer have investigated whether and to what extent mining products from the Lusatian mining are deposited in the sediments of the River Spree: their signature in the river bed reaches 90 kilometres.

A team with Robert Arlinghaus has developed a high-resolution telemetry system for use in coastal areas. With this system, the positions and movements of hundreds of tagged fish can be determined with a sub-meter positioning. 

Conflicts of goals between transport and environmental policy: IGB gives feedback on the EU Action Programme on Inland Waterway Transport.

Researchers from IGB and the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig studied guppies to investigate the linkage between behavioural types and dispersal tendencies – important for understanding biological invasions.

Will freshwater environments and fish populations benefit from the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions on the economy and society? Yes, in the short term, but probably not in the longer term – this is the conclusion of an international team of experts, including IGB scientist Robert Arlinghaus.

We wish you a peaceful end of 2020 and a healthy start to the New Year!

A Nature study with the IGB shows: Europe has some of the most fragmented rivers in the world.  Small transverse structures with an impoundment height of less than two metres account for the lion's share. 

The new IGB Policy Brief shows that an expansion of the River Oder would threaten many species and habitats. The plans violate current EU law and endanger not only the environment but also agriculture on both sides of the River Oder.