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Alessio Rovere receives ERC grant for research on sea level changes Marine researcher Alessio Rovere is funded by the European Research Council for his research project “WARMCOASTS -Sea Level and Extreme Waves in the Last Interglacial”. Rovere is the head...
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) successful in audit working life and family On 27 June 2018, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) was awarded the renowned German "audit berufundfamilie" certificate for its...
Ocean acidification: Coral core reveals dropping pH values in South Pacific Burning of fossil fuels, deforestation of tropical rain forests and mangroves are only some of the man-made causes leading to an increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the...
International Year of the Reef 2018 launched at the boot Düsseldorf Trade Fair On 28 January, the International Year of the Reef (IYOR 2018) was officially launched in Germany at boot Düsseldorf, the world's largest water sports trade fair. This...
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ZMT has established the Office for Knowledge Exchange (OKE) in order to facilitate its cooperation with non-scientific stakeholders from the tropics and Germany. Being the interface between science and practical contexts, the OKE supports the transdisciplinary dialogue with partners, engages actors on equal levels within the research projects of ZMT, and creates innovation, knowledge, and capacities for national and local sustainable development in the tropics and Germany.