The river in the lab
MOBICOS research platform combines laboratory and field experiments The Elbe, the second largest river of Germany, flows through Saxony-Anhalt's capital Magdeburg ‑ and also through the MOBICOS research container. Pumped into the mobile water laboratory by a submersible pump and cleared of sand in the sedimentation tank, fresh Elbe water is continuously fed into test basins such as flow channels, pelagic chambers and sediment compartments. Scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) are using this method to research biological communities and material