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Leibniz professorship for Marie Fujitani
Marie Fujitani, head of the working group Deliberation, Valuation and Sustainability, has been named as a Leibniz professor in the new round of funding by the Leibniz Association. The announcement was made recently at the Leibniz Association’s...
COP28: ZMT researcher involved in report on threats posed by tipping points in the Earth system
The world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points – and progress towards positive tipping points – accelerate, a new report shows. The Global Tipping Points Report – the most comprehensive assessment of tipping...
ZMT mangrove ecologist Martin Zimmer participated in Blue Carbon round table at COP28
On December 9, Professor Martin Zimmer, head of the working group Mangrove Ecology, took part in a round table on Blue Carbon as climate mitigation tool hosted by the Canadian Pavilion during COP 28 in Dubai.
Titled “The Future of Blue Carbon in...
Research in short: Tracking down the adaptation of foraminifera to ocean warming
The Symbio-Aid project, which is supported by the German Research Foundation, is investigating the reaction of foraminifera with their endosymbiotic algae to climate change and the associated bleaching events. The investigations should help to...