In Focus
Universities and research institutions leave Platform X (formerly Twitter): United for diversity, freedom and science
More than 60 universities and research institutions in Germany, among them the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), have decided to take a stand and collectively announce their decision to cease activities on Platform X (formerly...
Bremen Doctoral Researcher Symposium on Marine Sciences 2025: Engage, Learn, and Network
On 8 and 9 April 2025, the Bremen Doctoral Researcher Symposium on Marine Sciences will take place jointly organised by the early career researcher support teams of MARUM – Center for Environmental Sciences and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical...
Research in short: Experiment to investigate the impact of nanoplastics on hard corals
Elana Kysil, a doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle, is working as a guest researcher at ZMT in the research group Geoecology and Carbonate Sedimentology. She has set up an experiment at ZMT’s marine...
Mangrove forests as a solution to the climate and biodiversity crisis? In Berlin, experts discuss the importance of mangrove ecosystems worldwide and for Germany
Mangrove forests are of immense value to humans and nature in the tropics: they protect coasts from erosion and storms, store large amounts of carbon and provide a habitat for numerous animal and plant species. At the same time, they secure the...