8 July 2021 short news Urban water pollution is a major threat to groundwater and freshwater ecosystems IGB gives feedback on the revision of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD).
25 June 2021 focus Using ecosystem services to assess the impact and success of water management measures Conserving and restoring surface waters and their floodplains takes time and resources. But how can we assess whether a measure is worthwhile? Researchers at IGB recommend that ecosystem services should also be included when evaluating the success of measures in and along water bodies.
18 June 2021 short news German Water Science Alliance comments on the National Water Strategy The German Water Science Alliance appreciates the draft National Water Strategy of the Federal Ministry for the Environment. Today it has published a position paper addressing the challenges in research and implementation.
7 July 2021 focus Disease can also be something positive Justyna Wolinska and Ramsy Agha study organisms that until now have largely been consigned to the shadows in the scientific world: parasites. In the interview, the two scientists explain why it may be worthwhile to look for the good in what appears to be bad.
15 June 2021 insight “And then suddenly I became known as the long-term woman” Rita Adrian has been working as a climate impact expert at IGB for 28 years. Now she is going into retirement – well, almost. In an interview, she explains how she became a limnologist, and why she believes it is right to have a quota for women in science.
11 June 2021 press release Why do people support fish species conservation in European rivers? In Germany, the protection of fish is supported by general pro-ecological values and norms. In France, Sweden and Norway, on the other hand, native fish species have great influence on individual conservation-oriented behaviour.
10 June 2021 insight IGB receives HR Excellence in Research Award again The award has been conferred on us by the European Commission once again in recognition of our HR development strategy. The institute is assessed according to the EU’s HRS4R standard every three years: Have we made progress in improving the working and research environment for our staff as planned?
3 June 2021 press release Lake habitats are disappearing as the climate changes Global warming is increasing the surface temperatures of lakes worldwide – are species finding the temperatures they need to survive? Researchers led by IGB have quantified the long-term temperature changes in 139 lakes worldwide.
2 June 2021 press release Global warming: lakes lose too much oxygen Oxygen levels in freshwater lakes are declining rapidly – faster than in the oceans. Over the past forty years, for example, oxygen levels in the deep waters of temperate lakes have dropped by nearly 19 percent.
31 May 2021 press release Small hydropower plants do more harm than good Around half of the hydropower plants in Romania are located in nature conservation areas. These are mostly small plants that contribute only 3 percent of Romania's electricity generation, but threaten biodiversity.
