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The DAM at Cinemare in Kiel and the Long Night of Museums in Hamburg

16.04.2024 · DAM
Lecture series on the sustainable use of the sea – part 2

Starting April 3, scientists from the DAM research mission sustainMare will once again provide weekly insights into their research

25.03.2024 · DAM
Large accumulations of plastics in the ocean

A UFZ and AWI study reveals microplastics in remote marine protected area

19.03.2024 · AWI
A taste for plastic

Discovered for the first time: New deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic

25.09.2023 · KMS
Artificial rocks from macroplastics threaten ocean health

German-Indonesian research team identifies new rock-like compounds from plastic waste and coral rubble for the first time

20.07.2023 · CAU
Deep Sea Trench: Garbage Dump on the Sea Floor

Plastic waste found at a depth of 9,600 meters

13.07.2023 · SAM
Setting off for new waters on the way to a master’s degree

Students study the effects of light pollution on marine life in ten different countries for their theses

16.06.2023 · GEOMAR
Doubtful indulgence: How young fish ingest plastic

In a new study, marine biologist Carolin Müller of the ZMT demonstrates the ingestion of microplastic particles by juvenile sea bream.

15.06.2023 · ZMT
Enjoying our beaches – without polluting them

Researchers from Kiel present first combined systematic study on litter in the micro and macro spectrum on Schleswig-Holstein's Baltic Sea beaches

31.05.2023 · GEOMAR / CAU
Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics

Melosira arctica has ten times higher concentration of plastic particles than surrounding seawater

21.04.2023 · AWI
Crisis in the cold

Researchers formulate the "Berlin Statement" to protect polar regions from particularly persistent pollutants

18.04.2023 · hereon
“North Sea Wrecks” – European research project presents results

What impact do rusting World War II munitions have on the marine environment? Researchers from the EU project North Sea Wrecks (NSW) dived to World War II wrecks in the North Sea and analyzed samples.

27.03.2023 · DSM
Toxic Legacies of War – North Sea Wrecks Symposium

Presentation of results so far and discussion with scientists, politicians and the interested public on how to deal with this challenge in the future and demonstrate the risk assessment tool developed in the project.

11.01.2023 · DSM
Smoke on the Water

Scientists from Rostock and Prague trace ship emissions over and in the Baltic Sea

13.09.2022 · IOW / MTS
Offshore wind farms: Components of corrosion protection detected in the North Sea

Hamburg, 10th August 2022 The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), in cooperation with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, both members of the DAM, has for the first time been able to measure components from sacrificial anodes in the water and sediment around offshore wind…

10.08.2022 ·

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

Dive into the world of marine research

Lecture series on the sustainable use of the sea – part 2

Large accumulations of plastics in the ocean

A taste for plastic

Artificial rocks from macroplastics threaten ocean health

Deep Sea Trench: Garbage Dump on the Sea Floor

Setting off for new waters on the way to a master’s degree

Doubtful indulgence: How young fish ingest plastic

Enjoying our beaches – without polluting them

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics

Crisis in the cold

“North Sea Wrecks” – European research project presents results

Toxic Legacies of War – North Sea Wrecks Symposium

Smoke on the Water

Offshore wind farms: Components of corrosion protection detected in the North Sea

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