25.02.2022 Climate Academic education on the high seas: launch of first WASCAL Floating University From Mindelo (Cape Verde) to Bremerhaven (Germany): On board the research vessel Maria S. Merian, theory and practice are on the curriculum of the 14 students of the WASCAL Master's programme "Climate Change and Marine Sciences", which is funded by the ... continue
24.02.2022 Climate More space for research and teaching: new WASCAL building in Mindelo Laying of the foundation stone on Cape Verde: The official start of construction of the new WASCAL research and administration building took place today in Mindelo. The BMBF is funding the construction of the building as a sponsor of the WASCAL master's ... continue
14.01.2022 Climate Seagrass only conditionally suitable for CO2 compensation In a recent study, researchers from the MOPGA-GRI team at the Helmholtz Centre Hereon in Geesthacht have been able to prove that tropical seagrass meadows cannot absorb as much CO2 as has long been assumed. continue
29.11.2021 MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability New publication: German research agenda “Polar regions in transition” The Changing Arctic Ocean End of Programme events will take place on 30th November and 2nd December 2021, including a presentation of major results and a briefing for policy makers, respectively. This will allow the opportunity for all projects involved ... continue
20.10.2021 Energy Young Specialists for Green Hydrogen With the International Master’s Program in Energy and Green Hydrogen (IMP-EGH), the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aim to provide local ... continue
03.09.2021 Climate New web seminar series: Facing climate change Researchers from the German-French MOPGA programme (Make Our Planet Great Again) offer insights into their work. A weekly web seminar series is now starting for this purpose, which is open to all interested parties. continue
11.08.2021 Biodiversity A successful step in the fight to save the northern white rhinoceros The BioRescue project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) successfully created another three embryos of the northern white rhinoceros, one of the rarest large mammals on earth and on the brink of extinction. In early July 2021 ... continue
12.07.2021 Water Management German-Israeli Water Technology Cooperation Announces New Call for Proposals The German-Israeli water technology cooperation enters a new round. With a deadline of October 7th, 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) are again inviting ... continue
01.07.2021 Water Management Working Together to Reduce Water Shortages in the Middle East New MEWAC funding measure supports transboundary water projects continue
29.04.2021 Energy Climate MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability MOPGA session to tackle climate change - vEGU21 This year’s General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (vEGU21) will host a large interdisciplinary MOPGA session, taking place on April 30th 2021. The session is dedicated to all three fields of research set out by the MOPGA programme: Climate ... continue
08.02.2021 Energy MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability Climate Annual Meeting 2020 of the MOPGA-GRI Program Wettlauf gegen die Zeit: Forschungsarbeit zu den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels aktueller denn je continue
15.01.2021 Water Management New Research Program “Water Security in Africa WASA” Call for proposals published to support research teams in the initial phase of the WASA program in southern Africa continue
24.11.2020 Energy Automatic Weather Stations installed at the pilot sites in Ghana A team of German and Ghanaian researchers and technicians installed the equipment to collect meteorological data at the health facilties in Kumasi, Akwatia, and Kologo for the EnerSHelF project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. continue
18.08.2020 Energy Inception Meeting for Atlas of Green Hydrogen Generation Potentials in Africa The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) is hosting a virtual H2Atlas-Africa project inception meeting. The meeting, to be held on 18 August 2020, will be attended by the Head of Energy and ... continue
14.08.2020 Climate ATTO’s tall tower in the Amazon rainforest turns five The 325-metre-high tower was inaugurated on 15 August 2015 and is at the core of the BMBF-funded Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) research infrastructure. Here, research is conducted into the effect of the Amazon rainforest on the global climate. continue
