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World War munitions in the North Sea

AWI research vessel Heincke is investigating wartime wrecks and munition dumping sites on a two-week expedition

22.10.2026 · AWI
From the Baltic Sea to Optogenetics: The Wondrous Ways of Basic Research

This years’s Nobel Prize in Medicine includes a little bit of marine research from Bremen.

21.10.2026 · MPI-MM
A Voyage into the Slow-Motion World of the Deep Sea

Expedition SO322 is investigating the environmental consequences of future mining of polymetallic nodules

19.10.2026 · GEOMAR
Focus on the Environmental Impact of Marine Munitions in the Baltic Sea

Expedition AL663 researching dumped munitions in collaboration with international partners

14.10.2026 · GEOMAR
Polarstern returns from the Central Arctic Ocean

The LAMEX 1 expedition fills a data gap on the Lomonosov Ridge and brings back sediment cores spanning several glacial cycles

13.10.2026 · AWI
Rung by Rung Into the Depths

GEOMAR expedition investigates vertical migrations of organisms using specialised cameras

12.10.2026 · GEOMAR
The atmospheric pattern that has shaped Greenland’s climate for thousands of years

Sediments from southern Greenland reveal a persistent link between the North Atlantic Oscillation, precipitation and regional ice-sheet behaviour

08.10.2026 · MARUM
New findings on the stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

New study by Kiel University shows how a retreating ice sheet’s grounding line stabilized itself over a long period of time — important reference points for models of ice-sheet behavior

07.10.2026 · CAU
Kickoff for the second funding phase of the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2299 in Kiel

Research on tropical climate extremes and coral reefs to be the focus over the next three years – Kiel University climate researcher Miriam Pfeffer takes over coordination of the research network

06.10.2026 · CAU
A symbiotic marketplace: Stability through flexibility

Symbiotic stability arises from flexible, evolving partnerships between hosts and microbes.

06.10.2026 · MPI-MM
A Basis for Monitoring CO2 Storage Beneath the Seabed

SONNE Expedition SO321-3 investigates basalt off the Canadian Pacific coast

05.10.2026 · GEOMAR
European coastal regions under pressure

10th Copernicus Ocean State Report highlights the value of ocean observation

30.09.2026 · GEOMAR
Historic fishery collapse holds lessons for the present

A new study by Kiel University shows that a combination of climate change, overfishing, and social change caused the herring of the Sound to disappear.

28.09.2026 · CAU
Polar oceans could help mitigate climate change – but science and policy are not yet ready to recognise them

A new review maps what is known about “polar blue carbon” and how carbon-rich Arctic and Antarctic habitats can be better protected and integrated into international climate policy.

25.09.2026 · AWI
DNA analysis sheds new light on the gill microbiome of coral reef fish

A recent genomic study of coral reef fish by scientists from the ZMT and the ICBM has found previously undescribed microorganisms in the fish gills

25.09.2026 · ZMT

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

World War munitions in the North Sea

From the Baltic Sea to Op­to­gen­et­ics: The Won­drous Ways of Ba­sic Re­search

A Voyage into the Slow-Motion World of the Deep Sea

Focus on the Environmental Impact of Marine Munitions in the Baltic Sea

Polarstern returns from the Central Arctic Ocean

Rung by Rung Into the Depths

The atmospheric pattern that has shaped Greenland’s climate for thousands of years

New findings on the stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Kickoff for the second funding phase of the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2299 in Kiel

A sym­bi­otic mar­ket­place: Sta­bil­ity through flex­ib­il­ity

A Basis for Monitoring CO2 Storage Beneath the Seabed

European coastal regions under pressure

Historic fishery collapse holds lessons for the present

Polar oceans could help mitigate climate change – but science and policy are not yet ready to recognise them

DNA analysis sheds new light on the gill microbiome of coral reef fish

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