31.07.2019Society Nature-based tourism in the tropics: How can wastewater management be improved? BMBF funds social-ecological research and a new working group at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in cooperation with the Social Sciences department at the University of Bremen with close to two million euros. Joint Press Release ... continue
25.06.2019Biodiversity Last chance for the Northern White Rhinoceros Today the research project BioRescue for the rescue of the Northern White Rhino, which is threatened with extinction, is officially launched. State-of-the-art reproduction and stem cell technology shall ensure the survival of this key species. The ... continue
08.04.2019Green Economy Submission period for sustainability research award open now Become a Green Talent, promote your research in Germany and benefit from an exclusive network of excellent green researchers. The goal of sustainable development is to find a balance between the need for socio-economic development and the need to ... continue
03.04.2019Energy Building Bridges Under the tag line “Building bridges – a tour of Germany’s leading research centres”, German and African researchers exchanged ideas about renewable energy in late March. Within the scope of this topic, the German Federal Ministry ... continue
03.04.2019Marine and Polar Research Young ice melts before it leave its 'nursery' The dramatic loss of ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. As experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research report in a new study, today only 20 percent of the sea ice that ... continue
27.03.2019Marine and Polar Research Mangroves and their significance for climate protection Many studies suggest that mangroves are gigantic carbon reservoirs and an important factor for climate protection. But so far there has been no precise calculation of how much carbon a mangrove forest stores in a given period of time. Such figures, ... continue
26.02.2019Marine and Polar Research Professor from Universität Hamburg to head World Climate Research Programme The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is one of the world’s leading climate research initiatives. Effective immediately, Prof. Detlef Stammer from the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at Universität Hamburg will be ... continue
18.02.2019ClimateMarine and Polar Research JPI Climate & JPI Oceans - Joint Transnational Call on Next Generation Indeed, oceans play a key role in the climate system and are also affected by climate change. Uncertainties of climate-ocean interactions and its buffered actions for heat and CO2 absorption call for more progress on observations and modelling. continue
11.02.2019News Sustainable mobility research Sustainable mobility requires strong research that develops innovations and puts them to the test in practice. The BMBF is therefore strengthening mobility research with two funding announcements under the research agenda Sustainable Urban Mobility, ... continue
04.02.2019Marine and Polar Research Scientific expedition heads to newly exposed Antarctic ecosystem An international team of scientists heads to Antarctica this week to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 years. continue
24.01.2019Marine and Polar Research Marine Research Summit in Cape Verde Twenty years ago, CEOs of leading marine research institutes set up the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) in particular to better coordinate ocean observations worldwide. This week more than 40 executives from marine research ... continue
23.01.2019Energy Record Efficiency for Silicon-based Multi-junction Solar Cell Silicon solar cells dominate the photovoltaic market today but the technology approaches the theoretical maximum efficiency that can be achieved with silicon as the only absorber material. Tandem solar cells, on the other hand, combine several absorber ... continue
07.01.2019Marine and Polar Research The signs of change The map was still full of blank spots. Polar researchers have known for some time now that rising temperatures in the Arctic can cause the soil to thaw, transforming entire landscapes; yet it remained unclear exactly where, and to what degree, these ... continue
26.11.2018Marine and Polar Research Ocean acidification stimulates mass development of toxic algae If carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and thereby in the ocean continue to rise, this could favour the mass development of toxic algae, with far-reaching consequences for the pelagic food web. This was discovered during a long-term ... continue
