ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
Launch of the FUTURO research programme: West African and European partners are developing a long-term research programme with a one-year observation campaign off the coast of West Africa
19/12/2025 | From November 24 to 26, project partners from West Africa and Europe, jointly conducted a co-design workshop for the FUTURO (Future West African Marine Ecosystem) research project in the Senegalese coastal town of Saly. The nearly 70 participants...
Research in short: Governance Gaps in the managment of artisanal Pargo fishery in Northern Brazil
18/12/2025 | Lol Dahlet’s study examines the governance of the pargo (Lutjanus purpureus) fishery – a large‑scale artisanal and export‑oriented fishery based around Bragança, Pará, in northern Brazil – and specifically how artisanal fishers’ participation (or lack...
Apply now for ZMT-NAM S&T Centre Fellowship Programme 2026 - Deadline 30 January
18/12/2025 | In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) veröffentlicht das ZMT die Ausschreibung für das seit langem etablierte Fellowship-Programm 2026. Bewerbungen sind ab...
How do corals feed? Energy supply from directly ingested food previously underestimated
15/12/2025 | Corals obtain energy in two ways: firstly, through photosynthesis by their symbiotic algae, and secondly by taking up small food particles such as plankton directly from the water. In scientific terms, this process is known as “heterotrophy.” In a...
Meeting of the Higher Education Partnership for a Sustainable Blue Economy at ZMT
08/12/2025 | The STABLE project “Higher Education Partnership for a Sustainable Blue Economy” is a three-year collaboration (2025 - 2027) that brings together leading universities and research institutions from Indonesia, Malaysia, Germany, and the...
Impressions from the COP30: Impetus for systemic sustainability
This text is currently only available in German... Mit zwei Beiträgen hat das Leibniz-Lab „Systemische Nachhaltigkeit“, darunter das ZMT, auf der COP30 in Belém die Debatte über globale Transformationen bereichert. Die Veranstaltungen rückten die...
Taste of the ocean: a comparison of five edible seaweeds
27/11/2025 | Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen have studied the nutritional value of five edible seaweed species, including some lesser-known algae, and examined their potential for sustainable...
Endangered harbor porpoises: ZMT researcher campaigns for protection of the North Sea
26/11/2025 | The North Sea is unique - but fishing, shipping traffic, plastic waste and noise from offshore installations are taking their toll. It urgently needs better protection - especially for the native harbour porpoises, whose populations have been...
Policy recommendations for the Bay of Sechura delivered to Peruvian stakeholders
14/11/2025 | As part of the subproject “Participatory Modelling of Social-Ecological Futures of the Bay of Sechura”, researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) have presented Spanish-language policy recommendations for the Bay of...
Expanding the weather watch: New monitoring stations installed in schools southeast of Dakar
17/11/2025 | Scientists from the University of Potsdam, the University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, and ZMT joined efforts again in June-July 2025 and September 2025 to expand the existing DakE weather station network in Senegal. DakE is a field campaign on...