News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging This allows to record oxygen dynamics with much higher temporal and spatial precision. Secret life underground: Animal life beneath the seafloor Scientists discovered significant numbers of animals living in cavities and caves below the deep-sea seafloor, some growing up to half a meter of length. Does Underwater Munitions Clearance affect the Marine Environment? Today, the research vessel ALKOR embarks on an expedition in the Bay of Lübeck. A New Chapter in the Study of Plate Tectonics METEOR cruise M204 is the second of six planned TRANSFORMERS expeditions. Comprehensive assessment of the changing Central Arctic Ocean Research Vessel Polarstern returns to port with new findings and a wealth of data and samples Vagabonds and homebodies: Niches of bacterial life in the seabed In the ocean‘s sandy seafloor, bacterial residents have neatly organized their housing space. Heavy Metals in the Ocean Become More Toxic How Climate Change Impacts Contaminants in the Sea Outstanding Look into the Depths: 2024 Senckenberg Prizes Go to Marine Researchers During the 13th Senckenberg Night, Prof. Dr. Lisa Levin will be honored in the category of Nature Research; Dr. Enric Sala will be awarded the prize in the category of Commitment to Nature Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline The global production of plastics and the resulting plastic waste has increased to such an extent that plastics have become ubiquitous in our environment. Study on the sinking of the “Melanie Schulte” Hereon researchers have reconstructed one of the worst shipwrecks in German trade history Telepresence of MARUM-QUEST dive The Knipovich Ridge in the North Atlantic is the destination of an expedition with the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN, which is being led by MARUM scientist Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann. A bacterium infects deep-sea mussels and multiplies in their cells Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, now reveal how a bacterial parasite infects and reproduces in the nuclei of deep-sea mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. ROV MARUM SQUID – 100th dive On New Year's Day 2016, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) MARUM SQUID undertook its first dive. Photosynthesis in near darkness Photosynthesis can take place at extremely low light levels. This is the result of an international study carried out as part of the MOSAiC expedition. Mobile Test Platform for Offshore Wind Turbines Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a mobile test platform that enables realistic tests to be performed at full load, even on offshore wind turbines out in the open. Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 33 Next Share this page Newsletter Always up to date with the DAM newsletter. (German only) Subscribe Our Sponsors The federal government and the governments of the five northern German states support the current development and sponsor the DAM.