In Focus
Can they fix it? New mathematical model shows: Heterotrophic bacteria account for around 10% of global marine nitrogen fixation
Using a mathematical model, an international team of researchers has been able to show that heterotrophic bacteria inside sinking particles can fix nitrogen in nearly every part of the global ocean. The scientists from Bremen (Germany) and...
News from the tropics and beyond: ZMT Newsletter #1/2025 now online
In our first newsletter of 2025 we visit the German island of Spiekeroog and Odisha beach in India to report on our research on submarine groundwater discharge and a new cooperation project between ZMT and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). We are...
Withdrawal from Platform X: More Institutions Join "SciXit"
Numerous academic institutions from the German-speaking world, among them also the Leibniz Cente for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), left the platform X in January 2025 following a widely recognised public appeal. By now, more than 120 universities and research...
Memorandum of understanding signed: ZMT and Indonesian research agency BRIN agree on cooperation in marine sciences
Joint research activities, capacity development in the form of teaching and the training of young researchers, as well as collaboration on scientific publications and events are the focus of a memorandum of understanding recently agreed upon...