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How the wind shapes the waves

Groundbreaking measurement method reveals previously hidden interactions between water and air above the ocean

09.07.2025 · HEREON
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

04.07.2025 · AWI
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

03.07.2025 · IOW
Journey through space and time

The latest Polarstern expedition is off to explore ice floe types from the past, present and future

02.07.2025 · AWI
From Kiel to Apenrade and back: On the Trail of Plastic

ALKOR expedition AL635 investigates micro- and nanoplastics in the German-Danish coastal region

01.07.2025 · GEOMAR
“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

26.06.2025 · GEOMAR
AI to Uncover Marine Enzymes with Transformative Potential

The interdisciplinary project AI MareExplore launches at GEOMAR

25.06.2025 · GEOMAR
Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

New research reveals the importance of winter sea ice in the year-to-year variability of the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by a region of the Southern Ocean.

20.06.2025 · AWI
More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

Due to global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation, an atmospheric circulation pattern that strongly influences European weather, is becoming more extreme in the summer.

19.06.2025 · MPI-M
Protecting the beauty of the world’s reef fish communities

An international research team led by the University of North Carolina Wilmingtonwith the participation of the ZMT has taken a close look at reefs worldwide to find out where the fish communities are that appear most beautiful to the human eye

19.06.2025 · ZMT
New Microscopy tool for energy research

Hereon technique allows scientists to explore the properties of photoelectrodes more precisely

19.06.2025 · HEREON
Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute has for the first time gained insights into a current in the Barents Sea which affects Arctic sea ice

19.06.2025 · AWI
Weather forecasting and climate modeling move closer together

The ICON model can be used for weather forecasting as well as climate predictions and long-term projections

16.06.2025 · MPI-M
Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences

Acoustic data reveal when and where fishing vessels compete with whales and penguins for krill in the Southern Ocean – and what this entails for the ecosystem

16.06.2025 · AWI
What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

GEOMAR study analyses the impact of marine carbon dioxide removal methods on global ocean oxygen levels

13.06.2025 · GEOMAR

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

How the wind shapes the waves

The oldest ice core on Earth at the Alfred Wegener Institute

Construction start of a new IOW facility for extending the sediment core repository and other storage capacities

Journey through space and time

From Kiel to Apenrade and back: On the Trail of Plastic

“Shrinking” Cod: How Humans have altered the Genetic Make-Up of Fish

AI to Uncover Marine Enzymes with Transformative Potential

Sea ice plays important role in variability of carbon uptake by Southern Ocean

More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

Protecting the beauty of the world’s reef fish communities

New Microscopy tool for energy research

Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

Weather forecasting and climate modeling move closer together

Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences

What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

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