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Media Releases 2021

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It doesn't look like much, but it's full of surprises: Bottles like these harbor the cultures of Methanoliparia. Photo: Lei Cheng

Dec 22, 2021

From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases

Microorganisms can convert oil into natural gas, i.e. methane. Until recently, it was thought that this conversion was only possible through the ...

The distribution of oxygen in the water column is primarily determined by the vertical circulation. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; T. Klein

Dec 8, 2021

Weaker ocean circulation led to more carbon storage in the deep sea

The movement of water masses in the ocean, its circulation, is an essential component of the global climate system. In a study recently published in the ...

In the new rooms on University Boulevard, students experiment and learn together. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

Nov 22, 2021

New rooms for the younger generations

For the past 20 years, the MARUM UNISchullabor has served as a bridge between schools and the university. After a break caused by the pandemic and ...

Samples from the Guaymas Basin. Photo: Min Song

Nov 8, 2021

Explanation for unusual isotope patterns

Hydrocarbons, which are an essential component of crude oil and natural gas, form under pressure and high temperatures in the deep ocean floor. In the ...

Sampling from the hot sediments of the hydrothermal seep at the Guaymas Basin off the coast of Mexico. The methane-oxidizing consortia live underneath the whitish-yellow and orange-colored bacterial mats. Photo: Andreas Teske, Univ. of North Carolina (USA

Oct 27, 2021

Microorganisms produce elemental carbon

Carbon occurs on the Earth in a variety of structures and forms. Elemental Carbon is usually formed under conditions of high pressure and temperature. ...

Joint hybrid annual conference of GFBio and NFDI4Biodiversity.

Oct 21, 2021

After more than seven years, the German Federation for Biological Data research data management project comes to an end – and celebrates the continuation of its work

Data on biological and ecological issues are collected in a wide variety of ways and from a wide variety of perspectives. Over the years, this has resulted ...

Methane bubble plumes over the Southern Hydrate Ridge summit detected by a MARUM-built deep-sea sonar installed at the seabed. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Oct 7, 2021

Submarine cabled observatory reveals highly variable seafloor methane release

Scientists from Germany, the USA and the UK used underwater cabled observatory infrastructure and exploration robotics to investigate the variability of ...

The "Zentrum für Tiefseeforschung" is being built in the immediate vicinity of MARUM. Graphic: Haslob Kruse+ Partner Architects BDA

Sep 16, 2021

4,000 square meters for deep-sea research

The new “Center for Deep-Sea Research” is being constructed on Leobener Straße, at the corner of Universitätsring. In the new Deep-Sea Center, directly ...