News Archive 2023
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Declines in insect numbers are largely driven by losses of more abundant species › more

Final vote of the EU Parliament in 2024 › more

New study on the link between biodiversity and climate › more

Report of an Expert Working Group outlines policy recommendations to develop broader transformative policies for human, animal, and ecosystem health › more

Study reveals natural solution to mitigate effects of climate change › more

Halle, Jena and Leipzig are three of the top six German universities in the field of ecology › more

Eight iDiv members named Highly Cited Researchers › more

How authors’ personal circumstances influence the depiction of nature in their works › more

Doctoral researchers will investigate sustainable concepts for the use of natural common goods › more

A new approach to co-designing biodiversity indicators › more

Surprisingly far-reaching impacts of light pollution › more

Data published on social media platforms can improve knowledge about species distribution and inform conservation planning › more

DFG to fund Research Unit › more

New study published in Science Advances › more

Immediate protection measures are required to safeguard invertebrate communities and critical ecosystem services. › more

iDiv's researchers1 are concerned about the already precarious working conditions in German academia and are alarmed that the proposed changes to the WissZeitVG will exacerbate this.The WissZeitVG is… › more

The body sizes of organisms around the world are becoming smaller over time, especially among fish, with important implications for food webs and humans. › more

Species observations have unveiled a potentially universal pattern › more

Report by Léonard El-Hokayem, doctoral student at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle. Decreasing rainfall and… › more

A new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is urgently needed to direct and focus conservation action. › more

New study reveals that over 1000 vascular plants in Nigeria may be undescribed. › more

Retention of dead biomass by plants likely to serve function in carbon and nutrient cycling › more

Researchers record large-scale shift in photosynthesis activity for the first time › more

International research team compares form and function of island and mainland plants › more

Novel framework allows for a more effective management of soils as carbon sinks › more

Habitat diversity can mitigate effects of climate change on insects › more

Over 300 guests from politics, science and civil society › more

New study suggests fragmentation and climate warming could disadvantage large animals due to their limited traveling speeds › more

Research project "MetaChange" will be funded with almost 2.5 million euros over the next five years › more

On 15 March 2023 sDiv - the synthesis centre of iDiv welcomed its 2500th participant at an sDiv working group meeting. The lucky one was Dr. Steven Bachman who travelled from the Royal Botanic… › more

More widely distributed species benefit from anthropogenic changes › more

Under long-term fisheries management, evolutionary change, that has resulted in smaller maturation sizes, can be reversed profitably. › more

The effects of climate change on the Earth’s vegetation depend to a large degree on local conditions › more

Higher extinction rates of insular mammals after arrival of modern human › more

New study reveals that living roots are as important as dead leaves in sustaining tropical soil biodiversity › more

NaturaConnect Stakeholder Event in Brussels brings over 70 leading EU policy and governmental decision-makers › more

Study finds that current monitoring data may be far too incomplete and deficient to provide a precise global picture of local biodiversity richness trends › more

Specialised foraging skills could have made the essential difference › more

Even many years after being abandoned, plant diversity of former agricultural sites is still incomplete compared to undisturbed sites › more

Researchers propose to consider insects in the expansion and new designation of protected areas › more

iDiv invited to a parliamentary evening in Berlin to discuss possible action › more

Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment › more

The complex relationships between plants and their pollinators have changed dramatically across the last century. › more

European project started to assess ecological restoration through rewilding › more