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Because global challenges need science beyond borders
Tropical coastal ecosystems are highly productive habitats with high ecological and economic importance. The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) is dedicated to these ecosystems, and the understanding of the influences which alter and threaten them. Through its activities in research, training and consulting, ZMT aims to contribute towards their protection and sustainable use.

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Putting pen to paper: ZMT and SWAP Architektur sign contract for the new ZMT building
ZMT's building plans have taken a next step: On 16 May, 2023, the managing directors of the Bremen-based research institute, Prof. Dr Raimund Bleischwitz and Dr Nicolas Dittert, signed the contract with SWAP Architektur. The Viennese architects'...

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Bremen's Mayor Bovenschulte visits ZMT: "A beacon of science"
The state of Bremen as a location for internationally renowned research - Mayor Dr Andreas Bovenschulte visited the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) today (May 4). It is the only institute in Germany dedicated to both natural and...

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New building for ZMT: Viennese practice SWAP Architektur awarded contract for the realisation of the construction project
The new building for the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) is taking shape. In a Europe-wide architectural competition, three designs for the new ZMT building were selected by a jury of experts and awarded prizes. Now the decision...

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Research in short: The SOCPacific project - a sea of connections
The South Pacific region presents a unique context in which local communities and their political representatives are increasingly committed to integrated management of marine resources and spaces. This is particularly true for fisheries. It is a...

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U Bremen Research Alliance: Research Data Day

On 7 June 2023, the members of the U Bremen Research Alliance will jointly organise the "Research Data Day". The ZMT is also taking part and will be offering a workshop on "Management of Research Data in Research Projects in the Tropics -...

Register now for the MARE People & The Sea Conference in Amsterdam

17/05/2023 | From 26 to 30 June, the "People & The Sea" conference of the Centre for Maritime Research MARE will take place at the University of Amsterdam – this year with the overall topic "Blue Fear - Navigating ecological, social and existential anxieties during...

Research in short: Effects of electric current stimulation on foraminifers

11/05/2023 | Federica Rebecchi, a PhD student at the University of Urbino, Italy, is doing a research stay at the ZMT. She is jointly supervised by Christiane Schmidt from ZMT within the DFG funded Project Symbio-AID and Fabrizio Frontalini from the University...

ZMT in the media: Nha Trang - Exploring the superfood algae in Vietnam

09/05/2023 | In the new episode of Bremen two's popular podcast "Ans Meer - Geschichten zwischen Wasser und Land" (To the Sea - Stories between Water and Land), Lara Stuthmann has her say this time. She is a PhD student at the ZMT and is conducting research in...

Keynote on industrial resource efficiency: Raimund Bleischwitz at the final conference of the BMBF funding measure "r+Impuls" in Berlin

08/05/2023 | Solutions for resource efficiency in industry are the focus of the final event of "r+Impuls", a funding measure of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). At the two-day event (8 and 9 May) in Berlin, newly developed solutions for...

Girls' / Boys' Day at ZMT

05/05/2023 | This year's Girls` / Boys` Day (formerly Future Day), a nationwide day of action for girls and boys from grade 5, took place on April 27. It is organized by companies, organizations, research institutions and universities, which use this day as a...

"Act boldly and consistently now!" What ZMT researchers say about the IPCC systhesis report

28/04/2023 | On Monday (20/3/2023), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented its synthesis report in Interlaken, Switzerland. The report serves as a basis for countries worldwide to agree on and implement further climate protection...

CAMPUS AWARD Goes to Biologist and Production Technician

28/04/2023 | The 2023 CAMPUS AWARD: Research for a Sustainable Future winners are biologist Dr. Esther Thomsen from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and master's graduate Alex Peer Intemann from the University of Bremen. The award, endowed...

ZMT scientists team up for research trip for visitors of the Klimahaus Bremerhaven

28/04/2023 | A different kind of "research trip": On 4 April 2023, visitors to the Klimahaus in Bremerhaven will have the opportunity to ask scientists from different institutes and universities about climate topics in the "Reise" exhibition area. With short...

New study in Nature Communications: Warming and overfishing could switch the role of fishes in the marine carbon cycle

13/04/2023 | Bony fish are more often recognised as food sources than as carbon regulators. They provide an array of services relevant to climate change mitigation. For instance, they store carbon within their bodies as they grow and export it to deep seas...

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Events

24/05/2023 Doctoral Thesis Defense 15:00

A multilevel assessment of the drivers of fish contribution to the inorganic carbon cycle on coral reefs
Mattia Ghilardi (ZMT)
Uni Bremen's Umweltforschung/ -technologie (UFT Building) on Leobener Straße 6, Seminar Room 1790, possibility of joining virtually

10/05/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: SOCIAL SCIENCES 10:45

The blue economy in Ghana: Industrialisation, Contestation and Impacts on Small-Scale Fisheries Livelihoods (2)
Dr. Raymond Ayilu (ZMT)
Hybrid: Zoom Online and F8 Seminar room

03/05/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: BEYOND MODELLING 12:00

Drivers of increasing coastal CO2 uptake identified by a global model with seamless integration of coastal marine carbon dynamics
Dr. Moritz Mathis
Fahrenheitstr. 6, large seminar room and via Zoom

03/05/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: SOCIAL SCIENCES 10:30

The Participatory Potential of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in the Context of Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Peru + Qualitative mathematical modelling within Humboldt Tipping II
Jelto Makris and Michael Kriegl
Zoom Online

27/04/2023 Award Ceremony 17.30

Ceremony CAMPUS AWARD - Research for a sustainable future
various speakers, nominated entries, winners
Universität Bremen, GW 2, Raum B3009

29/03/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: SOCIAL SCIENCES 10:30

Fishing and fishmeal production in Mauritania: Vulnerability of small-scale fishermen of Saint Louis and threat to food security in West Africa?
Fahrenheitstr. 6, large seminar room and via Zoom

29/03/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: BEYOND MODELLING 12:00

Modelling the Northern Humboldt Ecosystem
Jorge Tam
Fahrenheitstr. 6, large seminar room and via Zoom

15/03/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: Social Sciences 10:45

Local perceptions of reef health and waste water as a stressor: challenges and management implications on San Andrés Island, Colombia
Alice Pohle
Fahrenheitstr. 8, Seminar Room, F8

08/03/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: BEYOND MODELLING 12:00 - 13:00

Towards a unified parameterization framework for subgrid-scale convection and turbulence
Cristian Vraciu
Fahrenheitstr. 8, Seminar Room

01/03/2023 ZMT Seminar Series: SOCIAL SCIENCES 10:45

Analysing Blue Justice: The implementation of sanitary standards in Peruvian scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) small-scale fisheries from Sechura Bay (Northern Peru)
Micaela González Roca

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