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https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/08/brandenburg-niedrige-pegelstaende-seen-ohne-grundwasserzulauf.html

The land of lakes is drying up

Brandenburg attracts tourists with its beautiful bathing lakes – but they are losing water. Climate change is leading to low water levels in many places. The main cause for lakes without inflows is falling groundwater levels.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/medieninformationen/detail/2025-08-19-wie-sich-der-klimawandel-auf-die-neubildung-des-grundwassers-auswirkt-studie-veroeffentl

How climate change affects groundwater recharge – study published

Since 1980, groundwater recharge has decreased by up to 40 per cent, according to environmental researchers Dr Till Francke and Dr Maik Heistermann from the University of Potsdam in their study ‘Groundwater recharge in Brandenburg is declining – but why?’

Award for heating energy savings by the Hydrology and Climatology Working Group

Heating energy saving bonus 2024/2025

Hydrology and Climatology Working Group receives award for heating energy savings

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2025-06-12-why-do-Submarine-canyons-form-in-Places-Where-the-Seafloor-Is-Particularly-Steep

Why underwater canyons form where the seabed is particularly steep

The new study, ‘Seafloor Slopes Control Submarine Canyon Distribution: A Global Analysis,’ has just been published in the renowned journal Science Advances.

How Inclusion, Gender equality and Innovation lead to Sustainable Development for DRR – Lessons learned from RISK Award projects

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025

IES participates in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Strong Roots, Strong Women

Strong Roots, Strong Women

Kick-off Workshop in Hue City, Vietnam

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