In later spring another floating island will be set up by the EUCC-D team in a public recreational park in Rostock (Germany). The installation site is located in a shallow, sheltered bay (1-2 m water depth) of the Warnow estuary … Continued
Islands are in deep hibernation. Ice and snow are covering the vegetation but as soon as spring starts, the plants will grow back and remove efficiently the nutrient from the eutrophicated waters.
Our floating wetlands became habitats for birds, insects and aquatic animals. The root network removes not only nutrients but serves also as a shelter for endangered fish species such as the eel. And even FOX & OTTER come together – … Continued
Studies in rivers and urban ponds showed that floating wetlands are not only capable of reducing excess nutrients but also bacterial contamination. As a coastal municipality at the Szczecin lagoon repeatedly suffers from high loads of E.Coli bacteria, we installed … Continued
Our floating wetlands in the brackish Darss-Zingst-Bodden-Chain were well adopted as habitats by birds, fish, amphibians, crustacean, molluscs and insects. The large and diverse root network benefits not only nutrient removal capacity but serves also as a shelter and retreat … Continued
It’s starting to freeze and snow – Christmas time! The islands in Born (Germany) had to be taken out of the water for maintenance work. Improved versions will be installed again in April 2019 and planted with yellow flag, purple … Continued
LiveLagoons project was presented at the interdisciplinary “GeoAdvances 2018” conference held in Casablanca, Morocco on October 10-11 2018. The conference was attended by more than 100 participants from 17 countries including Japan, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Malaysia, UAE, Philippines, Magreb countries. … Continued
Two great days just passed! We had our project meeting in Warnemünde discussing the current status of existing floating wetlands, first monitoring results and the upcoming installations next year. During a joint dinner with the Morpheus project we had the … Continued
The South Baltic Interreg projects Morpheus and LiveLagoons participated in the biggest trade fair of environmental protection in Poland: POL-ECO-SYSTEM (23.-25.10.2018). Exhibitors from a variety of backgrounds (business, science, politics, media…) presented innovative products and ideas around the topics water, … Continued
You can find our first Policy Brief here! The policy brief #1 provides you with background information about floating wetlands and remediation of eutrophication. It also includes valuable recommendations what to consider prior to installations and how to choose the … Continued