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Phytoplankton – the tiny Climate Heroes of the Ocean

New AI lighthouse project for Natural Climate Protection launched in the Baltic Sea

24.09.2025 · GEOMAR
Discovery in the Deep Sea: Unique Habitat at Hydrothermal Vents

Novel hydrothermal system links two seabed phenomena

19.09.2025 · GEOMAR
Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea

New research reveals structures of the methane-converting enzyme Methyl-coenzyme M reductases (MCR) in unprecedented detail.

08.09.2025 · MPI-MM
The origin of species: Tropical reef fish pose a puzzle for researchers

In a new study an international research team challenges traditional ideas about how new animal species form.

05.09.2025 · ZMT
Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered

First newly described fossil vertebrate species from Syria

15.08.2025 · SAM
Viruses in Polar Oceans follow Rhythms of the Sea

New study reveals seasonally shifting virus communities in the Arctic, and similarity to the Antarctic

31.07.2025 · GEOMAR
New publication: Data mining reveals biodiversity in the deep biosphere

Oceans are home to millions of microbes – some of which are already known for their functions in ocean and ocean floor ecosystems.

17.07.2025 · MARUM
How offshore wind farms have a positive impact on the fish world: New insights into the fish community in wind farms in Germany

At the foot of the offshore wind farms in the German Bight, newly composed fish communities are forming.

15.07.2025 · THÜNEN
Illuminated Sugars Reveal How Microbes Feed on the Ocean’s Carbon Stores

Sugars are essential for life in the ocean, but some resist breakdown even by the hungriest marine microbes.

10.07.2025 · MPI-MM
“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
Scientific expertise for the Baltic Sea Protection Action Plan

The state government of Schleswig-Holstein appoints representatives from DAM member institutions to the scientific advisory board, including DAM Chairman Joachim Harms

14.06.2025 · DAM
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

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

Phytoplankton – the tiny Climate Heroes of the Ocean

Discovery in the Deep Sea: Unique Habitat at Hydrothermal Vents

Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea

The origin of species: Tropical reef fish pose a puzzle for researchers

Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered

Viruses in Polar Oceans follow Rhythms of the Sea

New publication: Data mining reveals biodiversity in the deep biosphere

How offshore wind farms have a positive impact on the fish world: New insights into the fish community in wind farms in Germany

Illuminated Sugars Reveal How Microbes Feed on the Ocean’s Carbon Stores

“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

Scientific expertise for the Baltic Sea Protection Action Plan

What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

Marine diseases: an underestimated threat to society and ecosystems

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All press releases and news from the DAM

Phytoplankton – the tiny Climate Heroes of the Ocean

Discovery in the Deep Sea: Unique Habitat at Hydrothermal Vents

Struc­tures of meth­ane-ac­tiv­at­ing en­zyme in elu­sive ar­chaea

The origin of species: Tropical reef fish pose a puzzle for researchers

Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered

Viruses in Polar Oceans follow Rhythms of the Sea

New publication: Data mining reveals biodiversity in the deep biosphere

How offshore wind farms have a positive impact on the fish world: New insights into the fish community in wind farms in Germany

Il­lu­min­ated Sug­ars Re­veal How Mi­crobes Feed on the Ocean’s Car­bon Stores

“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

Scientific expertise for the Baltic Sea Protection Action Plan

What helps the climate is not automatically good for the ocean

Marine diseases: an underestimated threat to society and ecosystems

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Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea

Illuminated Sugars Reveal How Microbes Feed on the Ocean’s Carbon Stores