Light-pollution is a global phenomenon with well-documented negative effects on the environment. In an experiment, we found a significantly reduced flight-to-light behavior of moths from light-polluted areas versus dark sky populations, suggesting an adaptive response of moth populations to this global environmental change (Altermatt & Ebert 2016 Biology Letters). This work received ample media coverage, among others in the Berliner Morgenpost, Rheinpfalz am Sonntag, Zentralschweiz am Sonntag.
Biodiversity is typically peaking at mid-altitudes. Scientists have long struggled to explain why this is the case. In a study in PNAS, […]
Interview and report in the evening news of RSI on our study on eDNA-based biodiversity assessment in rivers published in Nature Communications […]
Report (in German) on our recent work in Nature Communications on predicting the biodiversity of rivers in the Swiss radio Radio Top.
Bericht von SRF zuunserem Projekt AmphiWell in welchem wir Diversität von Flohkrebsen im Schweizer Grundwasser untersuchen.
