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Festive Christmas Dinner: Only ‘Good Fish’ on the Table

For many people, fish is a Christmas tradition. Unfortunately, ‘good fish’ is becoming increasingly rare, as overfishing, habitat destruction and high bycatch rates make it increasingly difficult to make sustainable choices when shopping.

12.12.2025 · GEOMAR
Urea: The Hidden Fuel for Ocean Microbes

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are some of the most abundant microorganisms in the ocean and play a key role in nitrogen cycling.

11.12.2025 · MPI-MM
Ships, data, talents

New overviews of German marine research on the DAM information portal Ocean Online

09.12.2025 · DAM
Team investigates significance of newly discovered hydrothermal fields off the island of Milos

New study reports the discovery of a remarkably extensive hydrothermal vent field identified during the METEOR expedition M192

01.12.2025 · MARUM
Continuation of the DAM

The Joint Science Conference (GWK) extends the DAM's funding agreement in order to prepare for its continuation.

01.12.2025 · DAM
Together for the Baltic Sea

DAM parliamentary evening in Schwerin under the motto “Sea Future”

27.11.2025 · DAM
Taste of the ocean: a comparison of five edible seaweeds

Researchers at the ZMT and the University of Bremen have studied the nutritional value of seaweed

27.11.2025 · ZMT
Hidden gems of the abyss: New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining

Scientists discover first hard-coral species attached to polymetallic nodules in the eastern Pacific ocean

24.11.2025 · SAM
Sea level rise threatens North Sea coast

New Hereon study shows: Too little sand deposition in the German Wadden Sea

21.11.2025 · HEREON
Southern Ocean’s Heat Storage – a Possible Cause of Future ‘Heat Burps’

A modelling study shows how heat stored in the ocean could be released after centuries of global cooling

20.11.2025 · GEOMAR
Marine scientists call for clear rules on Carbon Dioxide Removal methods

European Marine Board working group recommends harmonised standards for marine CDR approaches

17.11.2025 · GEOMAR
A significant amount of dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean comes from land

New study shows that 16 percent of the Arctic Ocean’s organic carbon comes from terrestrial sources, such as thawing permafrost and eroding coastlines

12.11.2025 · AWI
Going digital with U16

A fragile, oversized tube was hoisted out of the North Sea off Cuxhaven in the summer. The find turned out to be the U16 submarine from the imperial era.

11.11.2025 · DSM
How to Make Model Experiments on the Atlantic Overturning Circulation More Realistic

Melting ice in the Arctic is causing an increasing amount of freshwater to enter the North Atlantic, which is expected to result in a weakening of the Atlantic overturning circulation.

11.11.2025 · MPI-M
The Ocean’s Role at the UN Climate Conference

GEOMAR contributes to the Ocean Pavilion and signs the Belém Ocean Declaration

10.11.2025 · GEOMAR

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

Festive Christmas Dinner: Only ‘Good Fish’ on the Table

Urea: The Hidden Fuel for Ocean Microbes

Ships, data, talents

Team investigates significance of newly discovered hydrothermal fields off the island of Milos

Continuation of the DAM

Together for the Baltic Sea

Taste of the ocean: a comparison of five edible seaweeds

Hidden gems of the abyss: New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining

Sea level rise threatens North Sea coast

Southern Ocean’s Heat Storage – a Possible Cause of Future ‘Heat Burps’

Marine scientists call for clear rules on Carbon Dioxide Removal methods

A significant amount of dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean comes from land

Going digital with U16

How to Make Model Experiments on the Atlantic Overturning Circulation More Realistic

The Ocean’s Role at the UN Climate Conference

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All press releases and news from the DAM

Festive Christmas Dinner: Only ‘Good Fish’ on the Table

Urea: The Hid­den Fuel for Ocean Mi­crobes

Ships, data, talents

Team investigates significance of newly discovered hydrothermal fields off the island of Milos

Continuation of the DAM

Together for the Baltic Sea

Taste of the ocean: a comparison of five edible seaweeds

Hidden gems of the abyss: New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining

Sea level rise threatens North Sea coast

Southern Ocean’s Heat Storage – a Possible Cause of Future ‘Heat Burps’

Marine scientists call for clear rules on Carbon Dioxide Removal methods

A significant amount of dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean comes from land

Going digital with U16

How to Make Model Experiments on the Atlantic Overturning Circulation More Realistic

The Ocean’s Role at the UN Climate Conference

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Urea: The Hidden Fuel for Ocean Microbes