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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.

10.01.2025 · DAM
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,

07.01.2025 · GEOMAR
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.

06.01.2025 · MARUM
Science in Parliament

Workshop at the Science Communication Forum with other partners from the scientific community

20.12.2024 · DAM
The new Polarstern: Contract for new German research icebreaker awarded

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems will build the ship at its Wismar facilities and hand her over to the scientific community in 2030

19.12.2024 · AWI
Appreciation from the United Nations

IOW's Baltic Sea long-term observation is officially part of the UN Oceans Decade

19.12.2024 · IOW
Award for Hereon researcher Nils Christiansen

Research on the impact of the expansion of renewable energies in the North Sea be honored with the Kurt Hartwig Siemers Award 2024

18.12.2024 · HEREON
Deep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt

Senckenberg marine researcher Dr. Angelika Brandt will be awarded the 40th “International Prize for Biology” today in the presence of the Imperial Highnesses of Japan.

17.12.2024 · SAM
How sulphur affects the carbon cycle of subtropical seagrass meadows

Seagrass meadows have an important climate protection function due to their long-term carbon storage potential. An international research team has now been able to show that seagrass

12.12.2024 · IOW
How do marine food webs respond to increasing alkalinity?

The ocean naturally absorbs a quarter to a third of man-made CO2 emissions, but this process also leads to the acidification of seawater.

10.12.2024 · GEOMAR
Rapid surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo

Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, heatwaves at sea – 2023 set a number of alarming new records.

06.12.2024 · AWI
Not too warm and not too cold – Finding the Goldilocks Zone of the Great Barrier Reef

The environmental conditions that allowed the Great Barrier Reef to grow to its current size have been a scientific puzzle.

04.12.2024 · CAU
Data Collection for Tsunami Early Warning Systems

An international team of researchers has set off today aboard the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN to explore the Kolumbo volcanic chain, NE of Santorini in the South Aegean Sea.

03.12.2024 · GEOMAR
The Ocean Floor: A Deep Dive

Researchers from Bremen and Oldenburg are working together on important issues for the future. They jointly applied for the Excellence Strategy

26.11.2024 · MARUM
Student training on Polarstern’s transit to the Antarctic

This weekend, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to depart from her homeport in Bremerhaven.

22.11.2024 · AWI

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All press releases and news from the DAM

Federal Cross of Merit for DAM board member Ulrich Bathmann

Long-term measurements for climate research

Microbes and minerals: How microorganisms accelerate calcification

Science in Parliament

The new Polarstern: Contract for new German research icebreaker awarded

Appreciation from the United Nations

Award for Hereon researcher Nils Christiansen

Deep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt

How sulphur affects the carbon cycle of subtropical seagrass meadows

How do marine food webs respond to increasing alkalinity?

Rapid surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo

Not too warm and not too cold – Finding the Goldilocks Zone of the Great Barrier Reef

Data Collection for Tsunami Early Warning Systems

The Ocean Floor: A Deep Dive

Student training on Polarstern’s transit to the Antarctic

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