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News 2021

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To retrieve samples in the form of sediment cores, the two worldwide unique seafloor drilling rigs MARUM-MeBo70 and MARUM-MeBo200 are used on expeditions. The photo was taken as part of the anniversary campaign "50 Reasons WHY" and shows maintenance work

Sep 3, 2021

50 Reasons WHY

In the context of its 50th anniversary, the University of Bremen presents 50 places in Bremen that represent the university. Under the motto “50 Reasons ...

The geological makeup of the first stage of the tour. MARUM researcher David De Vleeschouwer has written blog articles on each of the four stages. Graphic: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen.

Aug 19, 2021

727 kilometers on two wheels through the history of the Earth

There are few sports in which the nature of a route plays a more important role than in cycling. Whether you are cycling uphill or downhill, there usually ...

The MARUM-CTD (foreground), was deployed on the seafloor last year and connected to the box-like multi-plug box (background) of the OOI observatory. Photo: OOI/WHOI/NSF

Aug 12, 2021

Follow a live dive

Sonar devices developed at MARUM have been in use off the west coast of the USA for more than three years. They are part of the underwater observatory ...

The latest publication, "The Ocean in System Earth," is available in both German and English.

Aug 11, 2021

New brochure on research at MARUM

The ocean in the Earth system is the focus of research at MARUM – and this is exactly the title of the new brochure that MARUM – Center for Marine ...

A new study of shorelines in the Bahamas may change estimates of past sea levels. Here, some of the authors survey coastal rocks on the archipelago’s Crooked Island formed when sea levels were higher. Photo: Blake Dyer

Aug 11, 2021

New study on changing sea levels

One of the current mysteries of climate science surrounds the widely accepted evidence that during the planet’s most recent past natural warm period, about ...

The new brochure provides facts and background information on surveying the Atlantic circulation. Photo: KDM/DKK

Aug 6, 2021

Measuring the Atlantic circulation

The German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) and the German Climate Consortium (DKK) have now published a background brochure on the measurement of the ...

The last El Niño in 2016 led to a prolonged temperature increase in the oceans of the tropics worldwide. Large-scale coral bleaching occurred worldwide, as here in American Samoa in the Pacific. The picture of the same reef section before (left side) and

Jul 21, 2021

Strategy paper for the protection of coral reefs

Within the framework of the International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) 2021, a team of researchers has now published a strategy paper for the protection of ...

The samples for the new study came from an expedition with the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN. The MSM15-1 cruise started in Istanbul. Photo: Felix Janssen

Jun 18, 2021

Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea

The Black Sea is an unusual body of water: below a depth of 150 metres the dissolved oxygen concentration sinks to around zero, meaning that higher life ...