Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

Media Releases 2018

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The new research center is being built in the immediate vicinity of and under the umbrella of MARUM. Graphic: HTP, Brunswick; Google; MARUM

Jun 29, 2018

New research building for marine research in Bremen

The Joint Science Conference (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz - GWK) decided to fund a new research center for deep sea research (Zentrum für ...

Sediment deposits in an estuary, various reservoirs and in a coastal wetland are examined in detail. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Jun 19, 2018

BMBF funds joint project TRACES

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) finances the new joint project TRACES (Tracing Human and Climate Impacts in South Africa), starting ...

May 4, 2018

DFG funds the national contact point for scientific data management through 2021

Data provide the foundation for empirical science. Datasets are also becoming more expansive and complex in the field of environmental sciences. At the ...

Cold-water coral mound off Mauritania (Photo: Tomas Lundälv)

Apr 3, 2018

Gigantic submarine cold-water coral mounds

International research team investigates coral reef off Mauretania

With a length of around 400 kilometers, the world’s largest contiguous cold-water coral ...

The microbial mats bulge at the gas outlets. They are involved in the construction of the dome-like stromatolites. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Mar 19, 2018

Stromatolites in the deep sea

Stromatolites are among the oldest fossils with 3.5 billion years. Up to now, however, lime deposits have only occurred in shallow seas with water depths ...

Wave off Teahupo’o in Tahiti (Photo: REMY CANAVESIO, CRIOBE)

Mar 1, 2018

Complex reef structures protect coasts from monster waves

Joint Press Release ZMT and MARUM

As breakwaters tropical coral reefs play an important role in coastal protection. For the local population, they form a ...

Experiments with deep-sea microbes (Photo: Simon Rittmann)

Feb 28, 2018

Microbial life on Saturn moon possible

Microorganisms from the group of the Archaea would also feel comfortable on the Saturn moon Enceladus. This is revealed in a study in which Prof. Dr. ...

The image does not represent a topographic map, but shows how much material dissolves. The so-called pulses, which resemble crater waves, are clearly visible. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Research, University of Bremen

Jan 16, 2018

Study: Pulsating dissolution found in crystals

When German researchers zoomed in to the nanometer scale on time-lapse images of dissolving crystals, they found a surprise: Dissolution occurred in ...