Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

Media Releases 2021

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Expedition M 142 with the research vessel METEOR led researchers from MARUM and Kiel GEOMAR to the deep-sea fan of the Danube in the western Black Sea. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; M. Beims

Mar 30, 2021

In the deep sea, the last ice age is not yet over

Joint press release of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of ...

Seasonal blooms of tiny algae play an important role in marine carbon cycling. Now a new detail of the surrounding mysteries has been uncovered. © Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology / G. Reintjes

Mar 9, 2021

First the treats, then the tough stuff: Bacteria have a dining plan when degrading algal blooms

Each spring in the North Sea, tiny algae grow in large numbers and release loads of sugar into the water – a feast for bacteria. Scientists from the Max ...

Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Hehemann investigates the relevance of algae polysaccharides in marine cycles. His Marine Glycobiology working group is a joint group at both MARUM and MPI Bremen. Based on the group’s research, a new Glycobiochemistry group is being

Mar 5, 2021

Algal Sugar as Fiber for Good Digestion in the Ocean

Too many carbohydrates, especially the simple, sweet sugars, can make you fat. Complex sugars like fiber, on the other hand, are an important factor for ...

Silvia Vidal-Melgosa at the set up used for the sampling of particulate organic matter by sequential filtration of 100 litre of seawater at Helgoland. The picture shows the collection of one filter where organic matter (in this case matter with molecular

Feb 19, 2021

Sweet marine particles resist hungry bacteria

Rather sweet than salty: In the ocean microalgae produce a lot of sugar during algae blooms. These enormous quantities of algal biomass are normally ...

The illustration shows the operation of the station, the ice probe and the small autonomous submersible vehicle. With its help it will be possible to take samples from the ice-covered waters. Graphic: MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Unive

Feb 18, 2021

New joint project TRIPLE-MoDo

How can inaccessible places on the Earth, such as the deep sea, as well as those on other planets be investigated? Extreme goals present extreme challenges ...

Icebreaker Oden on the Arctic Ocean. Credits: Lars Lehnert, SPRS

Feb 17, 2021

ArcOP – A novel scientific ocean drilling expedition to explore Arctic Ocean paleoceanography and climate

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) and Arctic Marine Solutions (AMS) will jointly ...