News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only Researching Heat Waves in the Ocean: Divers Collect Temperature Data With the help of divers, the BlueDOT project is collecting temperature data from the ocean. SPIRULA takes a successful dive in the Aegean Sea In May, the deep-sea monitoring system SPIRULA embarked on its inaugural expedition in ocean waters. Tracking Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation using benthic foraminifera New study: More oxygen in the oxygen-minimum zone associated with weaker Atlantic overturning circulation New publication: Data mining reveals biodiversity in the deep biosphere Oceans are home to millions of microbes – some of which are already known for their functions in ocean and ocean floor ecosystems. How offshore wind farms have a positive impact on the fish world: New insights into the fish community in wind farms in Germany At the foot of the offshore wind farms in the German Bight, newly composed fish communities are forming. Illuminated Sugars Reveal How Microbes Feed on the Ocean’s Carbon Stores Sugars are essential for life in the ocean, but some resist breakdown even by the hungriest marine microbes. Removing Munitions from the Sea for Good Project CAMMera: Methods for Large-Scale Ammunition Clearance From the North Sea to the Pacific Dr. Katrin Kleemann was awarded the prestigious Ritter Memorial Fellowship for the SAM and spent a month conducting research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. How the wind shapes the waves Groundbreaking measurement method reveals previously hidden interactions between water and air above the ocean The oldest ice core on Earth at the Alfred Wegener Institute As part of the EU-funded Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, a research consortium set up a drilling camp on the high plateau in East Antarctica in 2019 Construction start of a new IOW facility for extending the sediment core repository and other storage capacities The construction of a new storage facility for the IOW began today with the traditional ground-breaking ceremony in Rostock’s fishing harbour Journey through space and time The latest Polarstern expedition is off to explore ice floe types from the past, present and future From Kiel to Apenrade and back: On the Trail of Plastic ALKOR expedition AL635 investigates micro- and nanoplastics in the German-Danish coastal region “Shrinking” Cod: How Humans have altered the Genetic Make-Up of Fish Study reveals: Overfishing has left measurable marks in the genome of baltic cod AI to Uncover Marine Enzymes with Transformative Potential The interdisciplinary project AI MareExplore launches at GEOMAR Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 45 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.