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On #TropicsDay today, come with us to Fiji to explore the largest coral rescue reef of its kind: the BULA Reef! Led by Reefs of Hope, an #OceanDecade project by Corals for Conservation (C4C), this initiative took corals from areas where they were in danger of dying due to an approaching marine heat wave to cooler waters, where they have a better chance of survival. Most of the corals left behind in the hot shallow collecting sites died just a few months later in the heat. The programme differs from most coral gardening work, as it involves restoring coral reefs using heat-adapted corals and working with natural processes of coral reef recovery. The methods encourage fish to do the tending of the coral nurseries and reef restoration sites, saving immense time and money, and resulting in greater coral health. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eAPtcwQm

See our recent publication on 'Co-design capacity development for the UN Ocean Decade' as a contribution to the #oceandecade: https://lnkd.in/eSrDb2DV And here is what we say about it: https://lnkd.in/eUyM4Xqd

Good opportunity for #postdocs 👇👇👇

💡 Our UN Ocean Decade workshop on "Unlocking the Potential of Consumer-Grade Drones in Marine Research" has officially kicked off today! 🌊✨ Over the next three days, Sonia Bejarano is bringing together experts from Australia, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, France, Italy, Norway and more to explore how consumer-grade drones can be utilised in marine research. From cost-effective data collection to innovative research methodologies, this workshop promises to unlock new possibilities in our monitoring and observations and ultimately our understanding of marine ecosystems 🌍🐠. For more details, check out this link: https://lnkd.in/eDD5UE53 We also like to thank Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) , INVEMAR, IRD, CMCC Foundation - Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici for their support. ------ Bleischwitz Raimund, Isabel Urbina-Barreto, Jacopo Furlanetto, Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah, Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos-Galindo, C. Gabriel David, Daniel Schürholz, Karen Joyce, Anna K., Marc Schnurawa, Oda Ryggen, Markus Peichl, Thomas Jagdhuber, Luca Fallati, Patrick Boyden, Marleen Stuhr, Kathrine Maxwell, Andreas Kunzmann

Let's give a big round of applause 👏 👏 👏 to Marie Harbott for successfully defending her doctoral thesis today! The topic of her thesis was “160 years of ocean variability in the Gulf of Mexico reconstructed from a coral core”. Congratulations, Dr. Harbott! Wishing you all the best for your future endeavors! 🎉👏🌊

📌 Applications for the Programme for Project-Related Personal Exchange (PPP) can be submitted until 28 June. Together with the DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst we encourage all New Zealand and German early career academics to connect with their academic partners and explore opportunities for joint research. Please reach out if you have any questions. 📬 Europe@enz.govt.nz Click here for more details (New Zealand Institutions) 🇳🇿 https://lnkd.in/eYF-tpF9 Click here for more details (German Institutions) 🇩🇪 https://lnkd.in/eF2BwWqp Thank you, Dr Andreas Kunzmann, from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, one of the funded projects 2024/25 and their New Zealand partner, The University of Auckland for the quote. #studywithnewzealand #daad #jointresearch 📸 ZMT

A historic win for all! 💚🙌💙 European Union countries have adopted a landmark law, the first of its kind, to restore: 👉At least 20% of the EU's land and sea areas by 2030 - for marine ecosystems, this includes seagrass and sponge and coral beds, among others 👉All ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050 Read more: https://ow.ly/2nw550SkXF8

Moin researchers! It's Research Data Day (June 18) - we are almost done setting up the information booths in the Glashalle at the Universität Bremen. Starting at 9 am! Engage with data specialists from MAPEX University of Bremen, Fraunhofer IFAM, Qualiservice, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, GFBio e. V., Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, PANGAEA, SuUB and NFDI (NFDI-MatWerk, NFDI4Biodiversity, NFDI4Earth, NFDI4Datascience, NFDI4Health, KonsortSWD, NFDI4Ing, NFDI4memory , NFDI4Energy) at one of the information booths in the Glashalle at the #UniBremen. Have a look at posters from DiscussData, Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung (DAM), Hochschule Bremen, DSMZ Digital Diversity, Silva , GFbio e. V. We are looking forward to a day of interesting exchange on the topic of research data management. Together, we will shape the future of responsible and collaborative data-driven research - join in! #UBRA

On June 18th will be held the seminar "Researching coral reef functioning in a rapidly changing world", organised by the Biotox group. The event will take place at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa at 11am, with the participation of Dr Sonia Bejarano from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH We look forward to seeing you there!

We are thrilled to announce that ZMT's Peter Steiglechner successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Constructor University! 🎉🎓 Peter worked on “The Complex Effects of Distorted Social Perceptions on Opinions about Climate Change” and was supervised by Professor Agostino Merico. Congratulations, Dr. Steiglechner! 🎓👏👏👏👏👏👏✨ BTW: If you’d like to read more about Peter’s research, check out our press release on one of his recent papers: https://lnkd.in/erhjgt9m