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Manita Chouksy is a new member of the CLIVAR panel. Photo: private
Manita Chouksy is a new member of the CLIVAR panel. Photo: private
Feb 8, 2023

MARUM scientist was selected to be a member of the CLIVAR Ocean Model Development Panel

MARUM scientist Dr. Manita Chouksey, Project leader in the Transregional Collaborative Research Center 181 (TRR 181), is since January 2023 a member of the ...

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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
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, University of Bremen; M. Mohtadi
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 ...

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Foraminifera under the microscope, taken during an expedition with the research vessel SONNE. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Foraminifera under the microscope, taken during an expedition with the research vessel SONNE. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Dec 22, 2022

Colonization of microorganisms from the ocean floor into the water column

Planktonic foraminifera are key to understanding and deciphering past climate. They live and lived in the water column, but their origins are unclear. In a ...

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Aug 25, 2021
An octopus approaches a coral grown on basalt fragments in a water depth of 900 meters, recorded with the remotely operated vehicle MARUM-QUEST. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
An octopus approaches a coral grown on basalt fragments in a water depth of 900 meters, recorded with the remotely operated vehicle MARUM-QUEST. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Research Mission Investigates the Ocean as a Carbon Store

How can the ocean help to effectively contain climate change? This question forms the core of the first research mission of the German Marine Resea...

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Aug 6, 2021
The new brochure provides facts and background information on surveying the Atlantic circulation. Photo: KDM/DKK
The new brochure provides facts and background information on surveying the Atlantic circulation. Photo: KDM/DKK

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 ...

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May 31, 2021
The samples studied come from a core recovered by researchers in Morocco's Lake Tislit. Photo: Rachid Cheddadi, University of Montpellier
The samples studied come from a core recovered by researchers in Morocco's Lake Tislit. Photo: Rachid Cheddadi, University of Montpellier

Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara

Researchers have developed a new concept to explain the phenomenon known as Green Sahara. To achieve this, they first studied the fossil pollen and...

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Apr 13, 2021
The basis for GLOMAP is data obtained from deep-sea sediment cores. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp
The basis for GLOMAP is data obtained from deep-sea sediment cores. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

New world map of sea-surface temperature and sea-ice extent during the Last Glacial Maximum

Researchers use maps to visualize their data. Using paleodata from the international MARGO project ("Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of ...

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Feb 17, 2021
Icebreaker Oden on the Arctic Ocean. Credits: Lars Lehnert, SPRS
Icebreaker Oden on the Arctic Ocean. Credits: Lars Lehnert, SPRS

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 j...

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May 17, 2011

Excellence Cluster Conference

The 2nd Young Scientist Excellence Cluster Conference on Marine and Climate
Research will take place in Bremen, October 4-5, 2011. PhD students and ... +

May 17, 2011

The Earth under the Sea

MARUM scientists are involved in the new image video of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling ECORD which is online now. The film presents ... +

May 16, 2011

Honourable appointment

Prof. Kai Hinrichs has been appointed as member of the Board of Reviewers of Science magazine. Together with a group of eminent international colleagues ... +

May 15, 2011

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

Ira Didenkulova (Tallinn University of Technology) was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship. Her research fields are marine natural hazards, extreme ... +

Apr 28, 2011

New sources of energy

Again the MARUM-UniSchullabor participated in this year`s Kids-Uni at the University of Bremen. In the workshop on renewable energy the kids could build ... +

Apr 19, 2011

Ocean observatory installed

Together with colleagues from Gothenburg University a MARUM team led by Christoph Waldmann installed an ocean observatory in the Swedish Koljö-Fjord. It ... +

Apr 13, 2011

Time to talk

Recently the German painter Andreas Schön accompanied a MARUM expedition on board the German research vessel METEOR to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. ... +

Apr 12, 2011

Oil in the Gulf of Mexico

On Friday, April 15th, oceanographer Prof. Ian MacDonald, Florida State University, USA, gives a talk on "Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Comparisons between ... +

Mar 30, 2011

Bighorn Basin Coring Project

MARUM scientists Ursula Röhl and Thomas Westerhold took part in a Bighorn Basin Coring Project workshop in Denver/Colorado. The project aims at coring ... +

Mar 29, 2011

MARUM-NERIDIS successfully tested

The newly developed benthic profiler MARUM-NERIDIS was successfully tested in the Baltic Sea during a cruise with RV ALKOR. The system has been designed ... +

Mar 15, 2011

ECORD Newsletter

The latest edition of the ECORD Newsletter is available online. Amongst other contributions MARUM researchers provided articles on the information system ... +

Mar 15, 2011

Eocene global warming events

In the current edition of nature magazine an international research team reveals that warming events in the Eocene about 50 million years ago were more ... +

Mar 14, 2011

Leibniz Prize 2011

On March 16th MARUM researcher Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs will be awarded with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the highest honour awarded in German ... +

Mar 13, 2011

Earthquake in Japan

The devastating earthquake also affects scientific research operations. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IODP postponed the upcoming expedition of the ... +

Mar 7, 2011

Upgrade of MARUM-QUEST

MARUM`s workhorse, the diving tool QUEST, is currently being modernized. The main upgrade contains a new digital telemetry system and a brand new control ... +

Mar 2, 2011

Initiative of Excellence

Bremen University succeeded in the first round of the German Initiative of Excellence. The University was invited to deliver a full proposal. MARUM ... +

Mar 2, 2011

Science Changing the World

The international travelling exhibition Science Changing the World which is being shown in The Hague, Paris, and Lisbon, presents, amongst others, Earth ... +

Feb 24, 2011

IODP Post 2013 Science Plan

A draft of the science plan for the next phase of the ocean research drilling is now available online for review. Comments are requested. The deadline is ... +