In Focus
Martin Zimmer to serve as Vice-Chair of newly launched JPI Oceans Blue Carbon Knowledge Hub
Blue Carbon ecosystems, such as mangrove forests and seagrass or kelp meadows, play a vital role in the fight against climate change. Over recent months they have drawn increasing attention and gained momentum on the political and the societal...
New Zealand's Ambassador H.E. Craig Hawke visits ZMT
Aquaculture, fisheries and environmental concerns, blue carbon, capacity development, co-design and equal research opportunities – there was no shortage of topics to talk about when New Zealand’s Ambassador visited the Leibniz Centre for Tropical...
Exhibition: A bird's eye view of coastal colours and shapes
From mid-March, Bremen's House of Science will be presenting a photo exhibition by two ZMT alumnae. Lisa Röpke and Pia Lewin show the fascinating beauty of seashores with their photographs from a bird's eye view.
Dr. Lisa Röpke was in Australia at...
Second phase of the DakE project: building a weather station network east of Dakar, Senegal
The Sahel region is a climatic hotspot as it lies right between the moist tropics and the dry subtropics - thus, even small shifts in climate zones can lead to dramatic changes in water availability and its excess there. Yet, there are hardly any...