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10th CAMPUS AWARD: Nominate master's thesis or dissertation on the topic of sustainability now!
For this year's CAMPUS AWARD, lecturers at the University of Bremen can once again submit master's and doctoral theses on the topic of sustainability. The CAMPUS AWARD aims to provide a platform for theses on the topic of sustainability and to...
Committed scientist and critical companion: In memory of Dr Irmtraut Hempel
The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) mourns the passing of Dr Irmtraut Hempel (née Schneider), who died on 8 September in Molfsee near Kiel, just a few weeks before what would have been her 101st birthday.
For 73 years Irmtraut...
The origin of species: Tropical reef fish pose a puzzle for researchers
In a new study published in the journal Science Advances, an international research team led by the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) challenges traditional ideas about how new animal species form. The study focuses on hamlets –...
A day of scientific diving at Bremen’s Stadtwaldsee
Black tubs filled with wetsuits, masks and tools are stacked up on the shore of Bremen's lake “Stadtwaldsee”. Next to them are freshly filled compressed air tanks. Even before the first divers enter the water, there is a flurry of activity:...
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