Phytoplankton is the food source for numerous organisms in the lake – light color is more crucial for microalgae than previously assumed (German article only)

Biologist Dr. Maren Striebel was awarded the prize for outstanding doctoral supervision. (German article only)

Author Kristina Heldmann and biologist Helmut Hillebrand talk about the “invisible superheroes” of the sea. (German article only)

Marine scientist Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand talks about biodiversity. (German article only)

Research team from Oldenburg and Groningen analyzes biodiversity using a holistic approach for the first time (German article only)

Outstanding success for the University of Oldenburg: All three top-level research projects that had applied for funding as excellence clusters under the federal and state excellence strategy have been…

Marine scientist speaks in his hometown of Papenburg about the threatened diversity of marine life (German article only)

The local loss of species may often be underestimated. A new biodiversity study by Lucie Kuczynski and Helmut Hillebrand shows that species richness is not a reliable metric for monitoring ecosystems…

New study shows how plankton communities have migrated and changed since the last ice age.

Biodiversity – the diversity of ecosystems, organisms and their interactions – is threatened as never before, despite all efforts. In this interview, Helmut Hillebrand talks about 30 years of the Rio…

Protecting the oceans and using them sustainably: This is the goal of the second research mission sustainMare of the German Marine Research Alliance, which officially starts today. A joint project led…

The research group DynaCom is investigating how stable ecosystems are in the face of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes. The German research Foundation is now funding the project for…

Marine biodiversity is threatened by climate change, pollution and overfishing. Biodiversity expert Helmut Hillebrand explains in this interview how research can help to improve marine conservation.

Scientists from Oldenburg and Bremen have shown that the associations of marine plankton in the present are markedly different from those of pre-industrial times. The study underlines how climate…

Erfolg für Oldenburger Meereswissenschaftler: Eine neue Forschungsgruppe unter Leitung des Biodiversitätsexperten Helmut Hillebrand widmet sich der Frage, wie Biodiversität auf Inseln entsteht. Die…

Assessing the state of an ecosystem solely on the basis of short-term changes in the number of different species it contains can lead to false conclusions, a new study by an international team of…