Deep drilling in Europe's oldest and most species-rich lake provides new insights into evolution

Geophysicists from Kiel University involved in international study on Lake OhridThe older and more stable an ecosystem is, the longer lived its species and the more stable the species communities are. An international research team led by the universities of Giessen und Cologne and with with the participation of Kiel University gained these new insights into evolution by drilling deep into the sediments of Lake Ohrid. The 1.4 million year old lake on the border between Albania and Northern Macedonia is not only the oldest lake in Europe, but with more than 300 endemic species, i.e. species that only occur there, it is also the most species-rich.

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