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Drowning megacities? How humans adapt when the water rises Three megacities by the sea: Singapore, Jakarta, Manila. What will happen to their 40-million-odd inhabitants when sea levels rise? “Singapore has been preparing for this threatening...
Register now for free for ZMT's coral reef colloquium CAPTURE From November 1 to 2 2018, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) will be holding a colloquium addressing the current research on tropical coral reefs and their much...
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...
Photo Exhibition: Coral Reef Organisms – Artworks of Nature As part of the International Year of the Reef 2018, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) has put together a photo exhibition with some of the most beautiful coral reef...
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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.