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62% of Hydrothermal Vent Molluscs Now Threatened by Deep-Sea Mining

An update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals that 62% of endemic hydrothermal vent molluscs worldwide are now at risk of extinction

10.07.2026 · SAM
SEASTRONG: University of Bremen and ZMT Coordinate International Research Project Across Three Oceans

How mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and coral reefs can reinforce one another to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change

09.07.2026 · MARUM
Baltic Sea Expeditions Started with the Malizia Explorer

Research sailing vessel investigates seagrass and phytoplankton

09.07.2026 · GEOMAR
Natural Shields Against Mercury

Hereon study: Feeding habits of marine sponges may reduce the accumulation of toxic mercury in fish

25.06.2026 · HEREON
Is the sea still healthy?

A researcher from the DSM has published her first article in the United Nations’ World Ocean Assessment Report.

10.06.2026 · DSM
More Life at Sea: Unexpectedly High Biodiversity in the Deep-Sea Marine Protected Area

DNA analysis of amphipods in the northeastern Atlantic reveals underestimated biodiversity

01.06.2026 · SAM
Blue Planet with a White Spot: More Than Half of the World’s Oceans Remain Insufficiently Explored

Global study reveals vast knowledge gaps in marine biodiversity

27.05.2026 · SAM
Better life under protection?

ALKOR expedition AL652 investigates fish communities and algae in the Baltic Sea.

15.05.2026 · GEOMAR
From Ocean to Gut

The Bacteria that Shape Both Human Health and Marine Carbon Cycling

11.05.2026 · MPI-MM
Plankton Bloom in the Labrador Sea

Research expedition MSM142 investigates dynamics in the subpolar North Atlantic

30.03.2026 · GEOMAR
Mining a methane-degrading bioreactor for protein rubies

Scientists have found a new type of iron-storing protein in a mixture of microbes containing methane-degraders.

20.03.2026 · MPI-MM
New ZMT study

The role of biodiversity in the resilience of mangrove forests

16.03.2026 · ZMT
How microbes use ancient carbon

How is carbon metabolized and processed in different ecosystems?

09.03.2026 · MARUM
How diseases spread between oyster reefs

New study reveals which restoration sites are most at risk from pathogens carried by ocean currents

05.03.2026 · GEOMAR
Discover and protect coral reefs

Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) launches educational escape game to solve puzzles and problems

03.03.2026 · ZMT

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

62% of Hydrothermal Vent Molluscs Now Threatened by Deep-Sea Mining

SEASTRONG: University of Bremen and ZMT Coordinate International Research Project Across Three Oceans

Baltic Sea Expeditions Started with the Malizia Explorer

Natural Shields Against Mercury

Is the sea still healthy?

More Life at Sea: Unexpectedly High Biodiversity in the Deep-Sea Marine Protected Area

Blue Planet with a White Spot: More Than Half of the World’s Oceans Remain Insufficiently Explored

Better life under protection?

From Ocean to Gut

Plankton Bloom in the Labrador Sea

Min­ing a meth­ane-de­grad­ing biore­actor for pro­tein ru­bies

New ZMT study

How microbes use ancient carbon

How diseases spread between oyster reefs

Discover and protect coral reefs

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