ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
Sustainable Agricultural Systems for Urban Nutrition: food4future enters second funding phase
07/04/2025 | This text is currently only available in German... Wie können zukünftige Generationen nachhaltig mit gesunden Lebensmitteln versorgt werden? Damit befasst sich das Verbundprojekt „food4future – Nahrung der Zukunft“. Es wird vom Bundesministerium für...
Strengthening scientific ties between Germany and New Zealand
17/03/2025 | On behalf of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Dr. Julian Lilkendey traveled to New Zealand as part of a delegation from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), and...
New cooperation in tropical marine research: ZMT signs MoU with the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM) in Madagascar
17/03/2025 | The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM) in Toliara, Madagascar. This cooperation aims at joint projects and...
Taking the seagrass taxi: How foraminifera move from the coast to the depths of the Red Sea
Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but also play an important role in sediment formation. Along tropical and subtropical coasts, large benthic foraminifera live...
Great scientific interest in the circular economy in China: ZMT Scientific Director Raimund Bleischwitz honoured for ‘Most Downloaded Paper’
11/03/2025 | In 2022, Prof Dr Raimund Bleischwitz published a review paper on the circular economy in China as lead author. He and his co-authors have now been recognized with their publication paper “The circular economy in China. Achievements, challenges and...
Science as a driver of innovation: Impulses from the Leibniz Association for a cooperative science system
07/03/2025 | In the face of global crises, our society is facing acute challenges. Our 96 Leibniz Institutes develop science-based solutions for the major transformation processes of our time through their long-standing practice of interdisciplinary...
Women in the fishing industry – panel discussion with Achim Schlüter from ZMT
05/03/2025 | Bremen-based NGO fair oceansand Brot für die Welt are organising a discussion at Bremen's Überseemuseum on Friday, 7 March, to mark the ‘End of Fish Day’. Prof. Dr Achim Schlüter from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) will also be...
Remote underwater video provides new insights into the spawning aggregation dynamics of the black-saddled coral grouper in the South Pacific
25/02/2025 | When fish gather to spawn, it is potentially attractive for fishing. High catch rates can generally be expected during spawning times at specific locations. However, these sites are also very important for the conservation of the fish species that...
Students from the new "Natural Sciences for Sustainability’" degree programme at the University of Bremen visit ZMT
24/02/2025 | Curious students from the international Bachelor's degree course"Natural Sciences for Sustainability" at the University of Bremen recently visited the ZMT. The innovative degree programme, which was launched in the winter semester 2024/25 and is...
News from the tropics and beyond: ZMT Newsletter #1/2025 now online
13/02/2025 | 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...