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Blue Planet with a White Spot: More Than Half of the World’s Oceans Remain Insufficiently Explored

Global study reveals vast knowledge gaps in marine biodiversity

27.05.2026 · SAM
Expedition to Hess Rise in the Northwest Pacific Begins

SONNE Expedition SO320/1 Investigates One of the World’s Largest Oceanic Plateaus.

21.05.2026 · GEOMAR
Sustainable lightweight construction with magnesium and seashell

For the first time, researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have produced a magnesium foam made entirely from natural marine raw materials.

21.05.2026 · Hereon
Bär/Eicken: “The research vessel Polarstern is changing our understanding of the world’s oceans”

Expedition shows sharp decline in sea ice extent in the Antarctic.

15.05.2026 · AWI
Better life under protection?

ALKOR expedition AL652 investigates fish communities and algae in the Baltic Sea.

15.05.2026 · GEOMAR
Handbook on Conservation and the Sustainable Use of the Ocean

the interplay between ecological, economic and social aspects of ocean use and conservation

12.05.2026 · RIFS
From Ocean to Gut

The Bacteria that Shape Both Human Health and Marine Carbon Cycling

11.05.2026 · MPI-MM
Recommendations to Curb Marine Pollution in European Seas

In its Zero Pollution Action Plan the EU sets out a long-term vision to achieve a pollution-free environment by 2030

04.05.2026 · RIFS
Ancient Antarctic ice cycles impacted ocean productivity thousands of miles away

UW–Madison study links Antarctic ice sheet growth and decay to a 40,000-year rhythm in subtropical marine productivity

29.04.2026 · MARUM
Novel Approach unpicks Iron Chemistry in the South Pacific Ocean

Organic matter diversity determines how much iron is available for marine life

28.04.2026 · GEOMAR
Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Ecosystems: Scientific Perspectives in the German Bundestag

Parliamentary Breakfast Hosted by DAM, the DAM Research Mission sustainMare, and BMFTR

23.04.2026 · DAM
Gone with the wind

New Hereon study investigates uncertainties in calculating offshore wind power production in the North Sea

16.04.2026 · HEREON
Roadmap for Munition Recovery

Schleswig-Holstein prepares for large-scale recovery of legacy munitions

14.04.2026 · GEOMAR
International scientists gather in Germany for Baltic Earth Conference

This year, the conference is held in Heringsdorf on the island of Usedom, Germany, from April 13 – 17, 2026

13.04.2026 · IOW
Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

Detective work on land discovery on Polarstern expedition in Antarctic waters

08.04.2026 · AWI

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

Blue Planet with a White Spot: More Than Half of the World’s Oceans Remain Insufficiently Explored

Expedition to Hess Rise in the Northwest Pacific Begins

Sustainable lightweight construction with magnesium and seashell

Bär/Eicken: “The research vessel Polarstern is changing our understanding of the world’s oceans”

Better life under protection?

Handbook on Conservation and the Sustainable Use of the Ocean

From Ocean to Gut

Recommendations to Curb Marine Pollution in European Seas

Ancient Antarctic ice cycles impacted ocean productivity thousands of miles away

Novel Approach unpicks Iron Chemistry in the South Pacific Ocean

Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Ecosystems: Scientific Perspectives in the German Bundestag

Gone with the wind

Roadmap for Munition Recovery

International scientists gather in Germany for Baltic Earth Conference

Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

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