Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

News 2018

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Asphalt flow deposits on the seafloor in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The image was taken by the diving robot MARUM-QUEST 4000. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

May 11, 2018

Asphalt on the seafloor

In a recent study in the scientific magazine Oceanography, MARUM scientists describe the fascinating similarities of natural asphalt discharge in the deep ...

May 7, 2018

In Memoriam

We mourn our dear colleague and wonderful person Heiko Sahling. He had to leave us at the age of only 49 years after a serious illness on April 23, 2018. ...

MARUM Vice Director Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Kerstin Rolfes)

Apr 20, 2018

Communicator Award 2018

MARUM Vice Director Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius receives the Communicator Award 2018 of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Stifterverband. The prize ...

Apr 5, 2018

MARUM Newsletter

The current issue of the MARUM Newsletter "The ocean in depth!" is out now: News from the areas of research, education, technologies, and science communication.

Workshop-participants visit the isotope laboratory at MARUM. Photo: MARUM − Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Apr 4, 2018

International cooperations

In order to coordinate their international cooperation, MARUM scientists from two projects have now met with their international partners.

The autonomous underwater vehicle MARUM-SEAL is prepared for the deployment. (Photo: A. Klügel)

Mar 21, 2018

Expedition to Henry Seamount

MARUM researchers are on expedition in the Atlantic until April 16 onboard the research vessel METEOR. In a ship’s log they report on life and work on board.

Mar 7, 2018

Expedition to the deep-sea trench

An international team of researchers, including MARUM scientists, is on an expedition to the Atacama Trench off the Chilean coast. Find news in the blog.

Light coring platform on Lake Barombi. This floating platform can be completely taken apart and transported overseas. The platform enabled the collection of sediment samples in the approximately 100-meter-deep Lake Barombi, which were then analyzed in the

Feb 28, 2018

Humans caused rain forest crisis in Central Africa 2600 years ago

For thousands of years humans have changed their environment by agriculture, building towns, or other activities. The Central African rain forest, however, ...