In Focus
Climate, Coasts, Complexity: Northern Germany at the heart of Earth System Modelling
In September, Northern Germany becomes the meeting point for the international Earth System Modelling community. Three high-level scientific events, the CELLO Conference and the natESM Focus Workshop on Ocean Biogeochemistry in Hamburg, and the...
The origin of species: Tropical reef fish pose a puzzle for researchers
In a new study published in the journal Science Advances, an international research team led by the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) challenges traditional ideas about how new animal species form. The study focuses on hamlets –...
TropEcS Symposium – Coupling Tropical Coastal Ecosystems to Earth System Models, Bremen | 22.09.2025 – 25.09.2025
The TropEcS Symposium brings together international experts in Earth System Modelling (ESM) to address a growing scientific challenge: how to better represent tropical coastal ecosystems in comprehensive climate and Earth system frameworks....
A day of scientific diving at Bremen’s Stadtwaldsee
Black tubs filled with wetsuits, masks and tools are stacked up on the shore of Bremen's lake “Stadtwaldsee”. Next to them are freshly filled compressed air tanks. Even before the first divers enter the water, there is a flurry of activity:...