ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
MARE conference "People and the Sea XIII (2025)": Call for Papers until 31 January
06/01/2025 | From 24 to 27 June, the 8th edition of the MARE conference People and the Sea will take place in Amsterdam. This year’s conference focuses on the balance between tensions, trade-offs, and the potential transformations required for the future of...
New book: Synthesis of 20 years of research collaboration between the ZMT and research organisations in Kerala, India
06/01/2025 | Kerala is an extraordinary place on our planet in many respects. It is the southernmost state of India with a long tropical coastline and it has the highest literacy rate and the highest life expectancy of the country. It is also called "God's own...
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...
ZMT alumnus appointed as coordinator of WIOMSA's Kenyan chapter
Dr. Amon Kip Kimeli, an alumnus of ZMT, has recently been appointed as the country coordinator of the Kenyan chapter of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), of which ZMT is also a member. Dr. Kimeli aims at furthering...
Deadline extended: Apply now for the 2025 Joint NAM S&T Centre-ZMT Fellowship
10/12/2024 | In collaboration with the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre), ZMT has extended the application deadline for the prestigious 2025 Fellowship Programme. The new deadline is now Friday, 20...
Rebecca Lahl takes over the helm at IOI Germany
Rebecca Lahl, Co-Lead of Programme Area 5 ‘Ocean Literacy, Equity and Leadership’ at ZMT, has been confirmed as the new head of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) Germany taking over the reins from ZMT Scientific Director, Prof. Dr. Raimund...
World Climate Conference COP29 in Baku: Focus on coastal ecosystems for climate and biodiversity protection
12/11/2024 | Side event at the German Pavilion with participation of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) Mangrove forests, salt marshes and seagrass meadows absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, strengthen biodiversity and protect coastal...
Winter School “Computational modelling in marine ecology, fisheries and climate”
07/11/2024 | Next year’s Winter School on “Computational modelling in marine ecology, fisheries and climate” cover a variety of important issues. The five-day event is aimed at exploring a number of ecological problems related to population growth,...
Humboldt Tipping project: Capacity building workshop on ecological modelling of marine systems in Peru
06/11/2024 | On 29-30 October 2024, a team of scientists from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the Peruvian National Institute of Marine Research (IMARPE) conducted a hybrid capacity building workshop on ecological modelling of marine...
ZMT Director and circular economy expert Raimund Bleischwitz at the Circular Valley Forum 2024
06/11/2024 | In view of the increasing challenges posed by climate change, resource scarcity and environmental pollution, the concept of the circular economy is becoming increasingly important. Reusing and recycling products can help conserve natural...