Media Releases 2018

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After having been recovered by the deck crew, sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo slides on a rail system to its position on deck for unloading of the core barrels. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; G. Bohr

Jan 8, 2018

Methane hydrate dissociation off Spitsbergen not caused by climate change

For years, methane emissions from the seabed have been observed in the Arctic Ocean off Spitsbergen. The assumption that the warming of seawater by climate ...

Steinbruch Schmidt (Bad Wildungen): The geological expression of the Late Devonian mass extinction event in Germany. The mass extinction event is displayed by a level of black shales (indicated by the geological hammer) interrupting the succession of lime

Jan 3, 2018

Nutrient surplus causes the oceans to suffocate

What favoured the Devonian extinction about 374 million years ago? Based on rock samples, a team of scientists from Germany, Belgium, China and the USA ...