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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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Aug 25, 2010

The future of ocean drilling

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program seeks comments from the scientific community on the draft of a new science plan that will guide scientific ocean ... +

Aug 12, 2010

Bush Telegraph

Media are still interested in the IODP Great Barrier Reef Expedition. These days Co-Chief Scientist Dr. Jody Webster gave an interview on ABC, the ... +

Aug 11, 2010

Sediment core in hospital

Dr. Till Hanebuth organized a rather exceptional cooperation these days. The geoscientist payed a visit to a Bremen hospital. In a radiological practice a ... +

Aug 2, 2010

Bacteria as ecosystem engineers

In the current issue of the magaznie Nature Geoscience MARUM scientist Tobias Goldhammer and his team publish a study about the impact of sulphur bacteria ... +

Aug 2, 2010

Cooperation PANGAEA Elsevier

Elsevier and PANGAEA recently announced their next step in interconnecting the diverse elements of scientific research. Elsevier articles at ScienceDirect ... +

Jul 29, 2010

MeBo back from sea

On Friday eight containers were delivered at the MARUM work yard. They held the sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo which was deployed successfully during an ... +

Jul 26, 2010

Terry Healy passed away

A sad news came from New Zealand. After having suffered from a long and severe disease our highliy appreciated colleague and dear friend, Prof. Terry ... +

Jul 20, 2010

Science and bestsellers

The upcoming edition of the TV science magazine X:enius deals with the question how much serious marine research has been incorporated in Frank Schätzing`s ... +

Jul 8, 2010

Corals record climate changes

Since July 3rd about 30 scientists from nine countries have been analyzing 225 metres of cores containing fossil coral material. The samples will allow the ... +

Jul 1, 2010

IPCC Report No. 5

The IPCC plans to publish its 5th assessment report in 2013. From the University of Bremen and the MARUM, respectively, Prof. Monika Rhein (Ocean ... +

Jul 1, 2010

Dusty Sahel

Human-induced dust emissions in the Sahel region of Africa have made an important contribution to the overall atmospheric dust load for about two ... +

Jun 28, 2010

Secrets of the Sea

On the occasion of the Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition which took place earlier this year the German TV station RTL now aired a report ... +

Jun 28, 2010

Summit on Svalbard

The directors of eminent German marine research institutions (AWI, IfM-Geomar, and MARUM) recently met in Svalbard to commonly discuss about a strategy for ... +

Jun 27, 2010

Oceanic Lithosphere

« Elements » is a new American magazine for mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology. In the current edition MARUM scientist Wolfgang Bach and co-author G. ... +