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A strong voice for German marine research: DAM and KDM join forces to move forward into the future

With the merger of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) and the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM), German marine research institutions are joining forces under one roof—with a new chairperson at the helm.

11.11.2026 · DAM
ZMT at COP31

Connecting science and policy to strengthen coastal resilience

11.11.2026 · ZMT
Hidden Worlds in the Deep Ocean

New Study Shows That Polymetallic Nodules Are Important Habitats for Tiny Marine Organisms

11.11.2026 · MARUM
Vanished Without a Trace

No Organic Carbon Fingerprint Left by Antarctic Shelf Processes

10.11.2026 · AWI
Fossil CO2 emissions set to fall slightly in 2026

The expansion of solar and wind power, in particular, is making a difference. However, this must be accelerated in order to reduce global CO2 emissions in the long term.

09.11.2026 · AWI
Prof. Dr Angelika Brandt to receive the German Ocean Award

The award recognises her outstanding work on the hidden biodiversity of the deep sea

05.11.2026 · GEOMAR
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

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

A strong voice for German marine research: DAM and KDM join forces to move forward into the future

ZMT at COP31

Hidden Worlds in the Deep Ocean

Vanished Without a Trace

Fossil CO2 emissions set to fall slightly in 2026

Prof. Dr Angelika Brandt to receive the German Ocean Award

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

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