News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only Bremen’s Mayor Bovenschulte visits ZMT: “A beacon of science” It is the only institute in Germany dedicated to both natural and social science research on tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems. Michael Schulz unanimously re-elected as Deputy Chairman of the Board of DAM MARUM director continues his work as deputy director of the DAM Gutless marine worms on a Mediterranean diet: Animals can synthesize phytosterols Study describes marine worms that can synthesize phytosterols de novo, and shows that many other animals have the genes to make these plant sterols. Minoan eruption survey improves volcanic risk assessments GEOMAR study provides new insights into the largest volcanic eruption in Europe in the last 10,000 years MARUM project develops climate education with and for schools The extracurricular educational project offers schools a framework in which students can actively develop and test climate-protection measures for everyday life. CAMPUS AWARD Goes to Biologist and Production Technician The 2023 CAMPUS AWARD: Research for a Sustainable Future winners are biologist Dr. Esther Thomsen from ZMT and master's graduate Alex Peer Intemann from the University of Bremen. New Start-up develops aquafarms for macroalgae AWI and Carbonwave spin-off: Large algae simultaneously bind CO2 and create raw materials for the chemical industry Sophisticated gene memory Frankfurt researchers develop new method to genetically compare hundreds of animal species Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics Melosira arctica has ten times higher concentration of plastic particles than surrounding seawater Logbuch MSM116 MARIA S. MERIAN on course for the Rio Grande Rise The climate crisis and biodiversity crisis can’t be approached as two separate things New review study released in the journal Science offers new solutions for combating climate change and biodiversity loss Welcome to our new research group on „Marine Omics“ The HIFMB-MPG-Bridging Group for Marine Omics, led by Prof. Dr. A. Murat Eren, is a cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity. Crisis in the cold Researchers formulate the "Berlin Statement" to protect polar regions from particularly persistent pollutants From the Atlantic to FYORD Networking event concludes this year's “Floating University” Less Ice, Fewer Calling Seals Their initial findings indicate that sea-ice retreat has had significant effects on the animals’ behaviour. Previous 1 … 34 35 36 … 51 Next Share this page Newsletter Always up to date with the DAM newsletter. (German only) Subscribe Our Sponsors The federal government and the governments of the five northern German states support the current development and sponsor the DAM.