News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only 50 years of the German Maritime Museum – Full speed ahead into the future Since its opening in 1975, the research museum has been a central location for research, collection, and communication of maritime worlds. Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär visits GEOMAR Key research areas and the new research vessel METEOR IV in focus Deconvolving the early record of eukaryotic evolution Dr. Ilya Bobrovskiy moves to MARUM with his ERC Starting Grant Stories of claiming space and making waves – opening of “Breaking the Surface” The exhibition portrays eleven female scientists, their questions for the ocean – and their experiences with glass ceilings. 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. 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. 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 AI to Uncover Marine Enzymes with Transformative Potential The interdisciplinary project AI MareExplore launches at GEOMAR New Microscopy tool for energy research Hereon technique allows scientists to explore the properties of photoelectrodes more precisely Matthes and Bathmann start their second term of office Both deputy members of the DAM Executive Board were confirmed in their function by the General Assembly and the Administrative Board Solution-oriented Ocean Research: Global Perspectives Key Insights from an International Experts’ Roundtable at UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) 2025, Nice UN Ocean Conference in Nice: Contributions from ZMT From 9 to 13 June, Nice will become a hotspot for international politics and marine science Estate turns out to be a treasure trove – unknown material on Alfred von Tirpitz discovered at the DSM Previously unknown material relating to Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz has been discovered in the archives of the DSM Diving robot enables complex measurements and analyses Telepresence allows researchers on land to be integrated via a video stream. Maiden dive of the new MARUM-QUEST 5000 The new remotely operated diving robot MARUM-QUEST5000 has dived for the first time. Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 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.