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“Shrinking” Cod: How Humans have altered the Genetic Make-Up of Fish

Study reveals: Overfishing has left measurable marks in the genome of baltic cod

26.06.2025 · GEOMAR
Protecting the beauty of the world’s reef fish communities

An international research team led by the University of North Carolina Wilmingtonwith the participation of the ZMT has taken a close look at reefs worldwide to find out where the fish communities are that appear most beautiful to the human eye

19.06.2025 · ZMT
Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences

Acoustic data reveal when and where fishing vessels compete with whales and penguins for krill in the Southern Ocean – and what this entails for the ecosystem

16.06.2025 · AWI
What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

GEOMAR study analyses the impact of marine carbon dioxide removal methods on global ocean oxygen levels

13.06.2025 · GEOMAR
Marine diseases: an underestimated threat to society and ecosystems

Researchers at Kiel University have developed an expanded framework for assessing societal risk factors

11.06.2025 · CAU
Microplastics threaten resilience of Mediterranean corals

New study reveals alarming levels of microplastic pollution in a remote, strictly protected coral habitat

05.06.2025 · FZK
Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

AWI researchers examine the impact of heatwaves on the German Bight ecosystem

23.05.2025 · AWI
How marine plankton adapts to a changing world

New study shows how marine plankton responds to changing ocean conditions using lipidomics and data science tools

22.05.2025 · MARUM
Small-Scale, Big Impact

New Insights to Marine Biodiversity around the Cape Verde Islands

20.05.2025 · GEOMAR
Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize)

International Award for Teaching, Research, and Applied Nature Conservation

24.04.2025 · SAM
Microorganisms employ a secret weapon during metabolism

Researchers have investigated the methods that are utilized at extremely hot, acidic and sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents in shallow waters off the island of Kueishantao

16.04.2025 · MARUM
Who eats whom? New model for marine food webs

Hereon researchers develop innovative method to calculate predator-prey relationships more precisely

10.04.2025 · HEREON
Continuation of the DAM is part of the coalition agreement

A positive signal from the future federal government in favour of the protection and sustainable use of the sea

10.04.2025 · DAM
When bacteria regulate the jellyfish reproduction

Researchers at Kiel University demonstrate the key role of the microbiome in the life cycle of the moon jellyfish

08.04.2025 · CAU
A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025”

The Muusoctopus octopus came out on top in the public online poll

03.04.2025 · SAM

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

“Shrinking” Cod: How Humans have altered the Genetic Make-Up of Fish

Protecting the beauty of the world’s reef fish communities

Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences

What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

Marine diseases: an underestimated threat to society and ecosystems

Microplastics threaten resilience of Mediterranean corals

Marine heatwaves pose problems for coastal plankton

How marine plankton adapts to a changing world

Small-Scale, Big Impact

Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize)

Microorganisms employ a secret weapon during metabolism

Who eats whom? New model for marine food webs

Continuation of the DAM is part of the coalition agreement

When bacteria regulate the jellyfish reproduction

A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025”

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