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The Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW) represents an institutionalised cooperation between the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Society, which was created to combine and strengthen Hamburg's existing expertise in marine, climate and earth system research. The Institute for Coastal Research of the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht has been an associate member of ZMAW since July of 2005.
Modern environmental and earth system research is interdisciplinary and it entails complex and expensive logistics. Through the cooperation of different disciplines under one roof and the common use of central facilities we are better able to meet the ever-increasing challenges in our field of research.
Research on the earth system and its reaction to the effects of human activity is an urgent priority for the international community. It must be achieved through worldwide cooperation in cutting edge research.
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The main location of the ZMAW is the new building in Bundesstrasse 53. The building was designed by the architecture firm MRLV Architects and was named "Building of the year 2003" by the Engineers Society of Hamburg.
You can pay a virtual visit to the building here (112k).
