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Microplastics threaten resilience of Mediterranean corals

New study reveals alarming levels of microplastic pollution in a remote, strictly protected coral habitat

05.06.2025 · FZK
Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

AWI researchers examine the impact of heatwaves on the German Bight ecosystem

23.05.2025 · AWI
How marine plankton adapts to a changing world

New study shows how marine plankton responds to changing ocean conditions using lipidomics and data science tools

22.05.2025 · MARUM
Small-Scale, Big Impact

New Insights to Marine Biodiversity around the Cape Verde Islands

20.05.2025 · GEOMAR
Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize)

International Award for Teaching, Research, and Applied Nature Conservation

24.04.2025 · SAM
Microorganisms employ a secret weapon during metabolism

Researchers have investigated the methods that are utilized at extremely hot, acidic and sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents in shallow waters off the island of Kueishantao

16.04.2025 · MARUM
Who eats whom? New model for marine food webs

Hereon researchers develop innovative method to calculate predator-prey relationships more precisely

10.04.2025 · HEREON
Continuation of the DAM is part of the coalition agreement

A positive signal from the future federal government in favour of the protection and sustainable use of the sea

10.04.2025 · DAM
When bacteria regulate the jellyfish reproduction

Researchers at Kiel University demonstrate the key role of the microbiome in the life cycle of the moon jellyfish

08.04.2025 · CAU
A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025”

The Muusoctopus octopus came out on top in the public online poll

03.04.2025 · SAM
New Podcast “Life in the Deep Biosphere” Explores Secrets of the Ocean Floor

What happens under extreme conditions on the ocean floor? What role does the ocean floor play in the global carbon cycle?

01.04.2025 · MARUM, ICBM
After 7000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud

Researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life

27.03.2025 · IOW
On the trail of metals in volcanic hydrothermal vents

The DRILL-BROTHERS research project is investigating the complex magmatic, hydrothermal and microbiological processes of the submarine Brothers volcano in the southern Kermadec island arc

26.03.2025 · MARUM
Ocean Eddies – the Food Trucks of the Sea

Study reveals for the first time the lipidome composition of mesoscale eddies and their precise role in nutrient transport and the carbon cycle

25.03.2025 · GEOMAR
Deep-Sea Biology of the Cape Verde Islands

Expedition M209 investigates biodiversity and foodwebs from the water column to the sea floor

24.03.2025 · GEOMAR

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

Microplastics threaten resilience of Mediterranean corals

Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

How marine plankton adapts to a changing world

Small-Scale, Big Impact

Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize)

Microorganisms employ a secret weapon during metabolism

Who eats whom? New model for marine food webs

Continuation of the DAM is part of the coalition agreement

When bacteria regulate the jellyfish reproduction

A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025”

New Podcast “Life in the Deep Biosphere” Explores Secrets of the Ocean Floor

After 7000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud

On the trail of metals in volcanic hydrothermal vents

Ocean Eddies – the Food Trucks of the Sea

Deep-Sea Biology of the Cape Verde Islands

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