ZALF scientist wins photo competition at the International Conference on Ecological Sciences

From November 21 to 25, the International Conference on Ecological Sciences took place in Metz, France. It was jointly organized by the Société Française d'Écologie et d'Évolution (SFE²), the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) and the European Ecological Federation (EEF). The ZALF scientist Benito Schöpke won a photo competition in the category "Ecosystem" with a picture of a bog landscape from the Uckermark. The title of the picture: "Foggy memory".

The picture shows a bog in the nature reserve Poratzer Moränenlandschaft in the Uckermark in the rising evening fog. The habitat, which at first glance appears so wild and untouched, is subject to constant change as part of the cultural landscape that has been used and overused by man. The dead bog birches and black alders show the dynamic nature of the water balance. The pine monoculture in the background extracts a lot of water from the moor through evaporation. Old drainage ditches are not visible in the picture, but at least likely.