News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only University of Bremen and AWI Rescue Valuable U.S. Scientific Database Working together, the university and AWI have used their data platform PANGAEA to begin creating backups of U.S. scientific datasets. Maarten Boersma becomes Acting Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute As a biologist, he has been conducting research, predominantly at the Helgoland and Sylt stations, since 2001, since 2015 as section head. 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 All Aboard for the Third “Floating University” Master's students from West Africa to study and research aboard the POLARSTERN Working together for more marine protection The DAM cooperates with the Federal/State Working Group North and Baltic Seas (BLANO) German marine research united under one roof Merger of DAM and KDM into a joint association International Arctic Conference at the University of Bremen From March 16 to 21, 2025, the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Bremen will host the 10th International Conference on Arctic Margins (ICAM-X) How can scientific expertise inform political decision-making? Workshop on science-policy dialogue for marine and environmental researchers A New Marine Research Hub at Kiel University Inauguration of the new Marine Science Campus at the Kiel Science Park International research network Baltic Earth New shared hosting of the secretariat in Germany and Poland Uniform standard for marine seismic data German marine scientists agree to publish marine seismic data according to FAIR principles Federal Cross of Merit for DAM board member Ulrich Bathmann The long-standing director of the IOW receives the award for his outstanding commitment to marine research and marine conservation. Long-term measurements for climate research Last weekend, the first GEOMAR expedition of the year set sail. The aim of the mission is to study oceanographic and meteorological processes in the tropical Atlantic, Microbes and minerals: How microorganisms accelerate calcification Methane and other hydrocarbons are released from the ocean floor at so-called cold seeps, forming the basis for ecosystems independent of sunlight. Science in Parliament Workshop at the Science Communication Forum with other partners from the scientific community Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 14 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.