News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only Heavy Metals in the Ocean Become More Toxic How Climate Change Impacts Contaminants in the Sea Tackling societal challenges together Politicians emphasize the importance of scientific findings for political decisions at the DAM's parliamentary evening “Sea Future” in Kiel 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. Underwater avalanche with prodigious extent decoded An international team of researchers led by Kiel University mapped for the first time one of the world's largest underwater avalanches off the coast of Morocco, from source to sink. Climate change: More and more people in Hamburg take precautionary measures The Helmholtz-Center Hereon publishes study results on citizens' risk awareness for climate change 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. What’s the weather like in the deep sea? A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the seasons, and that currents at the bottom of the ocean are far more complicated than previously thought. 100 years of Wadden Sea research in List on Sylt The AWI Wadden Sea Station Sylt is investigating an important question: How will climate change alter the Wadden Sea and the North Sea in the long term? International study on mangroves Planted mangroves store 75% of the carbon of intact mangrove stands after 20 to 40 years Expedition investigates the effects of climate change off Greenland MERIAN expedition MSM130 investigates meltwater runoff from Greenland glaciers and the loss of Arctic sea ice off the east coast of Greenland Loss of oxygen in bodies of water identified as new tipping point Current study involving GEOMAR calls for aquatic oxygen loss to be recognised as another Planetary Boundary Algae instead of corals A reef island adapts to changing environmental influences The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets For the first time, the recovery of unique geological samples provides surprising insights into when and where today's Antarctic ice sheet formed. Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard Study of the Jøtul hydrothermal field, discovered in 2022, has now been published Possible natural hazards in the Aegean Sea The kick-off meeting of MULTI-MAREX has now taken place at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel. Previous 1 … 4 5 6 … 15 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.