Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

Media Releases 2023

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The digital climate rally leads students around the campus of the University of Bremen to four stations where they must solve tasks related to climate protection and sustainability. Photo: MARUM, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

May 3, 2023

MARUM project develops climate education with and for schools

Almost every day, students are faced with the causes and consequences of the climate crisis. When this happens, the discussion often focuses on failures ...

Hydrothermal seeps and black smokers are oases of life in the deep sea – like this biological community in the Bismarck Sea at a water depth of 1,640 meters. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Apr 5, 2023

UN agency ISA postpones decision on deep-sea mining rules

Raw materials are in great demand. The deep sea is now coming into the spotlight as a potential new source of metals such as rare earths. The International ...

Enceladus black smoker at the Aurora Vent Field (Source: HACON cruise 2021, REV Ocean).

Mar 9, 2023

Life in the smoke of underwater volcanoes

Disconnected from the energy of the sun, the permanently ice-covered Arctic deep sea receives miniscule amounts of organic matter that sustains life. ...

In the film adaptation of Frank Schätzing's bestselling novel, jellyfish and other sea creatures become main characters. Photo: ZDF und Staudinger + Franke / [M] Serviceplan.

Feb 22, 2023

Unknown Deep Sea: “The Swarm” Series

In Frank Schätzing's bestselling novel "The Swarm" science meets science fiction. Now the literary novel has been made into a film, drawing attention to, ...

The graphic shows how Marta Pérez-Gussinyé and her colleagues combine data and simulation. Ideally, both curves – the seismic measurements at the top, the calculated model at the bottom – are almost identical. Graphic: Nat Rev Earth Environ (2023)

Feb 14, 2023

Better understanding on the way to a carbon-neutral economy

What role could rifted margins play in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy? This is the subject of a new review article now published in the journal ...

Information graphic on ocean-based methods of CO2 removal from the atmosphere being researched as part of CDRmare. Graphic: Rita Erven/GEOMAR

Jan 31, 2023

CO2 removal from atmosphere is crucial for climate protection

Time is pressing: Worldwide, research is warning that it will soon be impossible to curb man-made climate change to a point where the internationally ...

Altered ocean circulation in the Indian Ocean could lead to more and stronger flood events in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean and drought and dry periods in the western part of the Indian Ocean. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

Jan 5, 2023

Changing ocean circulation intensifies extreme events in the Indian Ocean

Dry regions experience more drought events, wet regions more precipitation: In a new study, researchers from the U.S., Germany and China have investigated ...

For the study, the team used data collected by the IODP drilling program and its predecessors over more than 50 years. For this, marine sediments from 81 sites were analyzed to calculate organic carbon deposition rates. Graphic: Mark Torres, Rice Universi

Jan 4, 2023

New method helps understand the global organic carbon cycle

Researchers from the USA, the UK and Bremen have used a new method to calculate the rate at which organic carbon was sequestered in marine sediments during ...