On January 13th, 2024, a large-scale fire brigade exercise took place at Lake Neusiedl near Jois, during which training was given to combat a large reed fire. The exercise was scientifically monitored to document the effects of such a fire on the environment, wildlife and water.

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DWS Hydro-Ecology is part of the scientific support program with studies on water quality.

Salinization is a global threat to freshwater habitats that has been intensified by climate change. In our work in Austrian waters, we repeatedly encounter algae and animals that actually belong in brackish or saline water and not in freshwater. But how is salinity actually assessed?

A contribution to the topic of salinity criteria for the protection of freshwater ecosystems. (Download)

DWS provides experts in an EU program (EU4Environment) on behalf of the Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt) in Vienna and this time Wolfram was in the South Caucasus. We train our colleagues from Armenia and Georgia in sampling, evaluation and interpretation for phytobenthos and macrozoobenthos.

Two articles from that journey in the local press:

http://env.am/news/news-hidro-monitoring-haj-vrac

http://armmonitoring.am/post/1174