In Focus
Celebrating World Mangrove Day 2024 with IUCN MSG and ZMT
The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem is celebrated each year on 26 July. It was adopted by the UNESCO almost ten years ago in 2015. The day aims to raise awareness of the vital role of mangrove ecosystems and the...
International study: Planted mangroves store 75% of the carbon of intact mangrove stands after 20 to 40 years
Planted mangrove forests can sequester 75% of the carbon of intact stands within 20 to 40 years. This is the result of a study involving the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), which has just been published in the renowned journal...
Algae instead of corals: A reef island adapts to changing environmental influences
Although it is surrounded by stressed coral reefs, an island in the Indonesian Spermonde Archipelago has not shrunk but continued to grow. Reef islands hence react dynamically to environmental changes that disturb their reef systems according to a...
ZMT Wednesday Lunch Seminars: Summer Series on Modelling
Earth system modelling will be a focus at ZMT over the course of the summer with a recently launched seminar series on the topic. Scientific director Raimund Bleischwitz has invited renowned experts in the field to give talks at ZMT.
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