Cutting-edge research for a
Changing world

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Our goal is to preserve a world worth living in. To this end, we generate knowledge and research new technologies for greater resilience and sustainability - for the benefit of the climate, the coast and people.
Institutes overview | Career | Our Mission

Our institutes contribute to the research fields "Earth and Environment", "Helmholtz Information" and "Matter" of the Helmholtz Association.
Career | Our Mission | Institutes overview

Fundamental understanding, practical application - the interdisciplinary research spectrum covers a unique range.

Latest News from Hereon

Mussels AWI/ Roland Krone

Offshore wind farms harmful to mussels?

Research team investigates possible effects of particulate emissions in laboratory experiments

Dr Nils Christiansen at the award ceremony in Hamburg with the Scientific Director of Hereon Prof Regine Willumeit-Römer (from left), the Hereon scientist and doctoral thesis supervisor Dr Ute Daewel and Prof Corinna Schrum, Direcotor of the Institute of Coastal Systems - Analysis and Modeling. Photo: Hereon/Sabine Billerbeck

Award for Hereon researcher Nils Christiansen

Research on the impact of the expansion of renewable energies in the North Sea be honored with the Kurt Hartwig Siemers Award 2024

Archaeological finds such as this ruin provide information about the population on earth many centuries ago. Credit: Nicolas Antunes

Unstable climate - bad luck for humanity

Major study links the history of human development with climate data

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Centre for Materials and Coastal Research GmbH has been renamed Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH. With this new name and new logo, the research center is expressing its current mission and the organizational structure with its sites and field locations.

Events

Event

05.02.2024 2nd Baltic Earth Scientific Colloquium
21.02.2025 Advancing Sustainable Development: Sustainability Science Summit 2025

Jobs

15.11.2024 - 05.01.2025 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d)
05.12.2024 - 08.01.2025 Sekretär (m/w/d) des Climate Service Center
12.11.2024 - 12.01.2025 Systembeauftragte (m/w/d) für das Managementsystem nach KTA

Helmholtz Association

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is a member of the Helmholtz Association.

Climate Service Center (GERICS)

Practical preparation of knowledge in climate research.

Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is a member of the German Alliance Marine Research.

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European projects

Pan-European and European- funded projects in which the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is involved.