News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only 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. Innovative monitoring system locates subsea transmission cables with high precision and reliability A cornerstone of the energy transition, offshore wind energy supplies millions of consumers with green electricity. Export cables connect offshore wind farms to the grid onshore. 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. METEOR expedition M202 investigates the ecology of prey to better understand hunting behaviour of toothed whales in the Atlantic On Sunday, the research vessel METEOR set off on an expedition around the island of Terceira in the Azores archipelago. The findings will ultimately contribute to the protection of these endangered marine mammals. 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? Researching Heat Waves in the Mediterranean with the Diving Community A new project now aims to systematically collect data to help in monitoring the situation. Researchers are relying on citizen scientists. NFDI4Earth Academy #2 On June 10, the second round of the data science training program for young scientists in the geosciences and data sciences began. 25 years of the deep-sea observatory AWI-HAUSGARTEN Research icebreaker Polarstern departs on anniversary expedition to the Arctic Gathering data on climate change in the North Atlantic MERIAN Expedition MSM129 continues long-term observations in the Labrador Sea Jellyfish may dominate the future Arctic Ocean New AWI study shows: jellyfish in the Arctic Ocean are profiting from climate change and spreading farther and farther north Experts look into the past Ocean Floor Symposium 2024: "Scenarios for Warmer Worlds: Lessons from the Past" Return from East Antarctica After more than six months, the research icebreaker Polarstern is returning to Bremerhaven after a successful Antarctic season. Previous 1 … 6 7 8 … 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.