Drivers of CO2 emissions during the dry phase in Mediterranean and Temperate ponds Abstract. Pond ecosystems play an important role in the global carbon cycle with the potential to act as both sinks and sources of CO2. However, CO2 emissions during the dry phases of ponds remain und...

What happens to CO2 flux during the dry phase of ponds? New paper from #PONDERFUL project is out! bg.copernicus.org/articles/23/...

Degrading Waterscapes and Decaying Diversities: Assessing Habitat Loss and Fragmentation Consequences on Simulated Diversity Patterns Across European Freshwater Ecoregions Aim Aquatic landscapes face severe threats from human activities propelling their deterioration. Waterscape degradation represents a main driver of the current diversity crisis, but its large-scale ...

📢Amazing August news 📢
Our final work within the #Ponderful project was published in #GlobalEcology&Biogeography journal. We explore the link between waterscape degradation and diversity decay trends using satellite images and metacommunity stimulations! 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Pond with lots of plants. A woman is in a kayak in the pond, carrying out a scientific survey.

A woman in a kayak in a countryside pond.

A woman syringing water into a jug, with a large bucket of green coloured pond water on the table. The photo is taken outdoors with trees behind.

A woman holding a clipboard, looking at a pond fringed with plants. In the pond is another woman in a kayak.

Our CEO @jeremybiggs.bsky.social is a co-author of a paper in Hydrobiologia on the complex interplay between physical characteristics, land use and climate on nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in ponds.

This research was part of the EU Horizon 2020 #PONDERFUL project.

👉 rdcu.be/eqrhl

A shallow pond with rocks behind. This is a temporary Mediterranean pond at Albera, Catalonia (c) University of Vic, Catalonia.

A view of a pond with trees and plants behind, viewed from a bird hide. Clean water ponds created by Freshwater Habitats Trust and partners at Pinkhill Meadow, Oxfordshire, UK.

Horses stand next to a livestock drinking pond in Uruguay. (c) University of the Republic, Uruguay.

Through the EU Horizon 2020 #PONDERFUL project, we worked with partners in Europe and South America to discover how ponds can help us adapt to climate change.

This guidance shows how policymakers can harness the power of these small waterbodies.

👉 zenodo.org/records/1422...

Thanks so much to @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social for generous assistance & content for The Irish Pond Manual: www.antaisce.org/ponds-for-bi....

Their great #Ponderful project has guidance for policy makers on use of ponds as nature-based solutions for #climatechange mitigation and adaptation

Photo of a drangonfly on a plant leaf, with text on top of the image reading 'Using ponds and pondscapes as nature-based solutions'.

💧 As a partner in the EU Horizon 2020 #Ponderful project, we are proud to be co-editors and authors on a major new handbook on managing, restoring and creating ponds for biodiversity and people as we adapt to climate change.

Get your copy, available in 12 languages, here: zenodo.org/records/1422...

#Ponderful and the #EPCN invite proposals for presentations/posters at the Intl. Pond Conference. Join global experts to discuss ponds as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.

📅12th and 13th November
📍Online
🔗 Find out more: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st...

How to create a new pond? #Ponderful explains it in this short video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8k... 👏🏽 #NaturebasedSolutions