Press releases
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News from ZMT
Twice a year the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) publishes a newsletter in English, which is available for download. ZMT press office is happy to add you to the distribution list.
On the Science for the Public page we provide information about lectures, exhibitions and other events of the ZMT for the general public.
On the website media coverage you will find a selection of articles, radio and TV reports about the ZMT and its work.
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ZMT Experts
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Here is a list with topics (related to tropical and subtropical seas and coastal habitats) that ZMT scientists study:
Ecology
- Coral reef ecology
- Organisms in coral reefs - e.g. sea cucumbers, sea urchins, reef fishes
- Threats and resilience of reefs
- Services of coral reefs
- Consequences of climate change and ocean acidification for coral reefs
- Restoration of coral reefs
- Ornamental organism trade and breeding
- Marine protected areas
- Evolution and population genetics of (reef) fishes
- Mangrove ecology
- Threats and reforestation of mangroves
- Services of mangroves
- Mangroves and Blue Carbon
- Ecosystem Design
- Sustainable aquaculture
- Environmental degradation through aquaculture
- Aquaculture as an area of the Blue Economy
- Alternative food resources from the sea
- Metabolic adaptation to environmental stress in fishes
- Fisheries biology
- Marine organisms in upwelling areas
- Migratory movements of fish
- Pollutants (plastics) in fish stocks
Biogeochemistry and Geology
- Environmental reconstruction through climate archives such as coral cores
- Impact of climate change on calcifying organisms
- Material cycles (carbon, nutrients) in the ocean and coasts
- Blue Carbon in tropical coastal systems
- Riverine inputs to the sea
- Environmental impacts on groundwater
- Tropical peatlands
- Sediment research
Social Sciences
- Sustainable tourism in coastal areas
- Economic aspects of marine protection
- Social systems and ecological economics in tropical coastal areas
- Sustainability research
- Social aspects of ecosystem management
- Environment and development of small island states
- Artisanal fisheries
- Resource use, productivity of natural resources, resource policy
- Circular / Blue Economy
Integrated Modeling
- Modeling of climatic processes, e.g. thunderstorm cells
- Modeling of processes in coral reefs
- Ecological modeling - e.g. of biodiversity processes, marine plastic pollution, climate change
- Data Science
Contacts 
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