The declared goal of the United Nations is: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Specifically, by 2030...
...prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution (by 2025).
...minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels.
...increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism.

The North Sea and the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site are practically on the university’s doorstep, and this is why they have a great influence on the research activities of the lecturers and students in Maritime Science.

In specific terms, what is the university doing here?

• Treatment of “ballast water”
• "Wadden Sea Laboratory" - Close cooperation with Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
• “Wattozon project” for the chracterization of ozone pollution in the Wadden Sea and the coastal area of the North Sea (finished project)
• Green Shipping projects
  (additional information  here and here)