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The Ocean at the UN Climate Change Conference

GEOMAR brings ocean observation, coastal ecosystems and marine carbon sinks to COP31

05.11.2026 · GEOMAR
Cartilage treatment from the sea

How jellyfish could help regenerate damaged joint cartilage

04.11.2026 · CAU
Telltale furrows: What the Baltic Sea seafloor reveals about bottom trawling

To what extent does bottom trawling impact the seafloor of the Baltic Sea—and how quickly does it recover?

02.11.2026 · IOW
Cool Adaptation: How Fish Survive in the Antarctic Ocean

Genome of Antarctic spiny plunderfish reveals new insights into adaptation to the cold

29.10.2026 · SAM
The ocean’s role in regulating the climate is under pressure

Three Helmholtz Centres contribute to new UN report on the role of the ocean in the climate system

28.10.2026 · GEOMAR
Microplastics in Sediments as an Indicator of Human Activity

In a review article researchers from IOW, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leicester, report on how human activity has altered Earth’s sediments over the decades

22.10.2026 · IOW
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
Natural Protection Against Rising Sea Levels

How seabirds, coral reefs and native forests can help tropical atoll islands adapt to sea-level rise

21.10.2026 · ZMT
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
Protected by the dike

ZMT and METAscales Living Lab Wremen welcomed international visitors from 12 different countries at the North Sea Coast

19.10.2026 · ZMT
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

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

The Ocean at the UN Climate Change Conference

Cartilage treatment from the sea

Telltale furrows: What the Baltic Sea seafloor reveals about bottom trawling

Cool Adaptation: How Fish Survive in the Antarctic Ocean

The ocean’s role in regulating the climate is under pressure

Microplastics in Sediments as an Indicator of Human Activity

World War munitions in the North Sea

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

Natural Protection Against Rising Sea Levels

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

Protected by the dike

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

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