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Man of the seas – Prof. Dr. Gotthilf Hempel on the occasion of his 90th birthday He is one of the most important contemporary witnesses of German marine and polar research after the Second World War. He has established and shaped four major marine...
High-level meeting in Washington: ZMT joins G7 advisory roundtable on microplastics pollution ZMT Scientific Director Professor Hildegard Westphal and Professor Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Head of Social Sciences, travelled to Washington recently for a G7...
Early rise of animals questioned by new discovery on sponge biomarkers Fossils, molecules and genes disagree on the rise of early animals. A large international team of researchers around Christian Hallmann and Benjamin Nettersheim from the Max Planck...
Researchers Puzzled by Dwindling Fish Population Off Southwest Africa Despite a nutrient-rich environment, the fish population in the Benguela upwelling area off Namibia has declined significantly in recent decades. Scientists are now seeking an...
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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.