The video shows the River Spree from the source in Saxony to the mouth in River Havel. It gives an introduction to anthropogenic impacts (lignite mining and urban influences) on River Spree and field work methods (water and sediment sampling) frequently used by our Department of Chemical Analytics and Biogeochemistry.
This video shows a column experiment simulating bank filtration to investigate the effects of benthic organisms (Nuttall's waterweed and Quagga mussels) on trace organic compounds.
The video shows the field work of our working group “Ground water – surface water interactions” at the River Erpe in Berlin/Brandenburg (Germany). The scientists give a short introduction to field methods in the hyporheic zone that are frequently used by the group.
Michael Thayne, doctoral student in the Department of Ecosystem Research at IGB, explains how lakes can have a natural resilience that helps their ecosystems to recover from the effects of climate change and other human pressures.
Truls Hansson, doctoral student in the Department of Experimental Limnology at IGB, has made a video on how the production of methane from lakes (‘farting’ lakes) might contribute to climate change.
While a response to global climate change might be gradual, abrupt changes are possible when critical thresholds by additional effects of local stressors are exceeded.
Dr. Jan Köhler und Dr. Tom Shatwell konnten mithilfe von Langzeitdaten nachweisen, dass eine Reduzierung von Stickstoff der Schlüssel zur Vermeidung von Algenblüten in Seen sein kann.
