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04-2024 Press Release | IGB

Vertical wetlands: ecological stepping stones for urban waters

Vertical wetlands - the green building block between blue and grey

04-2024 Press Release | IGB

The Spree River on a drip

The capital’s river between urban sprawl, mining and biosphere reserve

04-2024 Press Release | IZW

Out on dry land: Water shortage threatens species in Ruaha National Park in Tanzania

Climate change is not the only cause of arid landscapes: a research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) has investigated the consequences of increased water abstraction for agriculture and livestock farming from the Great Ruaha River.

04-2024 News | FVB

Provisional Managing Director: Martin Böhnke

On April 1, 2024, the Board of Trustees appointed Martin Böhnke as acting Managing Director of the Forschungsverbund Berlin.

04-2024 Press Release | IZW

Wind energy and bat conservation: scientists call for the global application of measures to reduce fatalities

The construction of wind turbines as a cornerstone for the production of climate-friendly electricity is rapidly increasing all over the world – and everywhere this results in major challenges for bats, which die directly at the turbines or lose valuable habitats in their vicinity.

04-2024 Press Release | PDI

Advanced imaging techniques on a semiconductor material reveal ‘surprising’ hidden activity

For the first time, a team of researchers has observed a semiconductor material actively flipping behavior from that of an insulator to that of a metal and back in a real device geometry using advanced imaging techniques.

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