News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only From Africa to Australia: Tracking the Isotopes Expedition SO308 Investigates Trace Elements and Isotopes in the Indian Ocean New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging This allows to record oxygen dynamics with much higher temporal and spatial precision. A New Chapter in the Study of Plate Tectonics METEOR cruise M204 is the second of six planned TRANSFORMERS expeditions. Outstanding Look into the Depths: 2024 Senckenberg Prizes Go to Marine Researchers During the 13th Senckenberg Night, Prof. Dr. Lisa Levin will be honored in the category of Nature Research; Dr. Enric Sala will be awarded the prize in the category of Commitment to Nature Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline The global production of plastics and the resulting plastic waste has increased to such an extent that plastics have become ubiquitous in our environment. Tackling societal challenges together Politicians emphasize the importance of scientific findings for political decisions at the DAM's parliamentary evening “Sea Future” in Kiel Telepresence of MARUM-QUEST dive The Knipovich Ridge in the North Atlantic is the destination of an expedition with the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN, which is being led by MARUM scientist Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann. NLWKN becomes 25th DAM member The German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) has a new member: the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN) A bacterium infects deep-sea mussels and multiplies in their cells Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, now reveal how a bacterial parasite infects and reproduces in the nuclei of deep-sea mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. ROV MARUM SQUID – 100th dive On New Year's Day 2016, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) MARUM SQUID undertook its first dive. Holistic change: Hereon meets ministry Claus Ruhe Madsen for a professional exchange in Geesthacht YESSS – Kick-off for a year-long research marathon in the Arctic Coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), YESSS is intended to yield new insights into climate change effects. New research group “Protist Virology” We are pleased and excited to welcome a new research group to our institute as of January 2025: Under the heading of Dr. Matthias Fischer, the researchers will explore the biology of giant viruses and their parasites. DAM transfer projects registered as official UN Ocean Decade projects The two transfer projects Ocean Online and the Interactive World Ocean are now also officially recognized as projects of the Ocean Decade. IOW Research programme 2024-2033 „Perspectives of Coastal Seas“ The IOW studies Coastal and Marine Systems in a holistic and interdisciplinary approach in comparative study areas. Previous 1 … 4 5 6 … 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.