On 17 July 2023, WDR's Lokalzeit Münsterland reported on the microplastic investigations in the Rieselfelder of Münster. The team led by Dr. Friederike Gabel (ILÖK) and Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp (Institute of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology) examined the occurrence and distribution of microplastics in the bird paradise of the Rieselfelder.