The MULTI-MAREX joint project – A living lab for improved forecasting and possible actions for multiple extreme geomarine events –  will create a living lab for investigating extreme geological events and associated hazards in order to develop the knowledge required to deal with these hazards at various levels. As part of the research mission 'Marine Extreme Events and Natural Hazards' of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM), the joint project MULTI-MAREX will establish a living lab for the investigation of marine geological extreme events and associated hazards in Greece. Extreme geomarine events, including earthquakes and volcanogenic or seismogenic tsunamis and their cascading events, have serious short- and long-term consequences for coastal communities. Early warning and disaster prevention pose both societal and political challenges for which the joint project is developing the necessary expertise to deal with these hazards at various levels.

Together with researchers from various disciplines who work closely with the authorities and the local population in the sense of co-design, MULTI-MAREX Consortium will develop protective measures so that not only the coastal communities but also the tourist centres are effectively protected from extreme events.

Project Consortium includes 8 German institutions and 5 associated partners. Section 2.5 leads the Task 4.1 “Underexplored tsunami scenarios for the Central Mediterranean” which foresees production of a database of earthquake- and volcano-triggered tsunamis focusing at the Central Aegean Sea.