Research

Knowledge for Decision-Making

Seas and oceans play a crucial role in global climate processes. They are among the most important ecosystems on earth and influence the lives of millions of people. The DAM’s research missions will be transdisciplinary and focus on current and relevant challenges facing society in marine research, allowing science-based decisions to be made for the protection and sustainable use of coasts, seas and oceans with clear objectives. To achieve this, relevant non-university research institutions and universities are cooperating and coordinating their existing activities. Status of the DAM Research Missions

Two DAM pilot missions have been under way since March 2020, as part of the research mission “Protection and Sustainable Use of Marine Areas”, providing a unique opportunity to study the effects of excluding bottom trawling from marine protected areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea … more

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Briefing on the DAM Research Missions

On 12 December 2019, more than one hundred scientists attended a briefing on the DAM’s research missions in Hamburg, at which the intended tendering and application procedure was explained, as well as the review process.

Prof. Ulrich Bathmann gives a lecture on the German Alliance for Marine Research (DAM) — Ulrich Bathman presents the research mission "Protection and sustainable use of marine areas". | Picture: DAM/Sinje Hasheider

Andreas Oschlies gives a lecture on the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) — Andreas Oschlies presents the research mission "Marine Carbon Sinks in Decarbonization Pathways". | Picture: DAM/Sinje Hasheider

Prof. Michael Schulz gives a lecture on the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) — Michael Schulz classifies the DAM into the German scientific system. | Picture: DAM/Sinje Hasheider

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The federal government and the regional governments of the five Northern German federal states are supporting and funding the current establishment of the DAM. In addition, the DAM is supported by the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.