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The Ocean: Guardian of Global Warming

Dr Karina von Schuckmann honoured with the Petersen Excellence Professorship

05.11.2025 · GEOMAR
The greenhouse gas trapped in the Black Sea

Understanding nitrous oxide turnover in the suboxic zone of the Black Sea

05.11.2025 · MPI-MM
First evidence: Herring return to their birthplaces for spawning

This finding is an important argument for the protection of coastal habitats.

03.11.2025 · THÜNEN
Job advertisement: Executive Chair of the DAM Executive Board

The German Marine Research Alliance is looking for a full-time chair of the executive board (m/f/d)

30.10.2025 · DAM
Fats provide clues to life at its limits in the deep sea

Researchers use lipid biomarkers to reveal survival strategies in extreme ecosystems

30.10.2025 · MARUM
How an industrial microbe converts carbon monoxide into biofuel

Scientists have demonstrated the key role of a tungsten-containing enzyme in the production of ethanol from carbon monoxide performed by the microbe Clostridium autoethanogenum.

29.10.2025 · MPI-MM
Krill in the Antarctic: Scientific data directly from krill fishing vessels

AWI study presents new concept for sustainable management of krill stocks in the Southern Ocean, in close cooperation with fisheries.

22.10.2025 · AWI
Iron’s Irony

A new review highlights how hydrothermal vents on the seafloor shape iron availability and influence the global oceanic element cycles.

20.10.2025 · MARUM
The Southern Ocean’s low-salinity water locked away CO2 for decades, but …

An AWI study gives a potential explanation as to why the ocean around Antarctica is defying climate model projections and continuing to absorb CO2.

17.10.2025 · AWI
The Baltic Sea coast in the Anthropocene: a model for the consequences of climate change

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for IOW, a review article outlined the state of the Baltic Sea coast and its expected development as a result of climate change.

16.10.2025 · IOW
Chemical Munitions and Clearance Effects in Focus

ALKOR Research Cruise Investigates Legacy Munitions in the Baltic Sea

14.10.2025 · GEOMAR
Extinction Confirmed: Cape Verde’s Cone Snail Lost Forever

The IUCN Red List has officially declared Conus lugubris—a marine snail once found only on the north shore of São Vicente, Cape Verde—Extinct.

10.10.2025 · SAM
The many uses of driftwood: the first large-scale mapping of Arctic coastlines

AWI researchers establish a basis for systematically recording driftwood's ecological roles and better tracking any future changes

09.10.2025 · AWI
Cooler warm periods: How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric CO2

New study: More carbon storage through stronger ocean stratification

06.10.2025 · GEOMAR
Exchanging marine expertise

At the DAM Stakeholder Forum, participants from politics, business, and civil society discussed current developments in German marine research and policy

01.10.2025 · DAM

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

The Ocean: Guardian of Global Warming

The greenhouse gas trapped in the Black Sea

First evidence: Herring return to their birthplaces for spawning

Job advertisement: Executive Chair of the DAM Executive Board

Fats provide clues to life at its limits in the deep sea

How an industrial microbe converts carbon monoxide into biofuel

Krill in the Antarctic: Scientific data directly from krill fishing vessels

Iron’s Irony

The Southern Ocean’s low-salinity water locked away CO2 for decades, but …

The Baltic Sea coast in the Anthropocene: a model for the consequences of climate change

Chemical Munitions and Clearance Effects in Focus

Extinction Confirmed: Cape Verde’s Cone Snail Lost Forever

The many uses of driftwood: the first large-scale mapping of Arctic coastlines

Cooler warm periods: How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric CO2

Exchanging marine expertise

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All press releases and news from the DAM

The Ocean: Guardian of Global Warming

The green­house gas trapped in the Black Sea

First evidence: Herring return to their birthplaces for spawning

Job advertisement: Executive Chair of the DAM Executive Board

Fats provide clues to life at its limits in the deep sea

How an in­dus­trial mi­crobe con­verts car­bon monox­ide into bio­fuel

Krill in the Antarctic: Scientific data directly from krill fishing vessels

Iron’s Irony

The Southern Ocean’s low-salinity water locked away CO2 for decades, but …

The Baltic Sea coast in the Anthropocene: a model for the consequences of climate change

Chemical Munitions and Clearance Effects in Focus

Extinction Confirmed: Cape Verde’s Cone Snail Lost Forever

The many uses of driftwood: the first large-scale mapping of Arctic coastlines

Cooler warm periods: How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric CO2

Exchanging marine expertise

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The greenhouse gas trapped in the Black Sea

How an industrial microbe converts carbon monoxide into biofuel