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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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Jun 17, 2010

Distinguished Lecturer

Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs has been nominated as Distinguished Lecturer for the correspondent programme of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling ... +

Jun 16, 2010

Gulf Crisis

Currently the media report intensively about the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In doing so German TV stations make use of underwater video ... +

Jun 14, 2010

Chikyu 2010 expeditions

The Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu will resume scientific expeditions for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) during the 2010 season. ... +

Jun 14, 2010

André Freiwald new MARUM member

Prof. André Freiwald is a new member of the MARUM. Marine geoscientist Freiwald is professor for marine geology at the University of Bremen and has ... +

Jun 14, 2010

Open Ship METEOR

On June 19th and 20th, the MARUM and other marine research institutes are presenting their scientific work at the Open Ship on board the research vessel ... +

Jun 7, 2010

INVEST-Report published

During the INVEST conference which was held in Bremen in September 2009 about 600 scientists discussed the outline for the post 2013 phase of ocean ... +

Jun 6, 2010

Science Summer

„Magdeburg wants to know“ – this is the motto of the German science summer 2010, which was opened last Saturday. Activities included an exhibition on the ... +

Jun 3, 2010

Controversial climate research

Recently there has been some discussion about the Interngovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In an open letter (available in German only) the German ... +

Jun 3, 2010

Methane news

Edited by G. Bohrmann and B. Barker Jörgensen Volume 30 (3/4) of Geo-Marine Letters presents latest findings on gas in marine sediments. It contains 25 ... +

Jun 3, 2010

A day in the life

The German magazine GEO recently documented 24 hours of science. At 45 locations in 36 countries. MARUM scientist Ursual Röhl reports from the IODP ... +

May 30, 2010

Expedition log MERIAN

Until June 03 MARUM scientist are on expedition in the Black Sea exploring gas leaks at the seafloor. In an expedition log chief scientist Gerhard Bohrmann ... +

May 29, 2010

Presentations now online available

The presentations of the successful conference „EnergieMix 2050“ are now available on the Internet. The conference, which took place in Berlin on April 19 ... +

May 29, 2010

Cordial welcome in Sewastopol

On May 20th, the German research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN visited the harbour of Sewastopol in Ukraine. On a press conference chief scientist Gerhard ... +

May 24, 2010

Threatened underwater world

On May 26, at 10:15 p.m. the new episode of “Abenteuer Wissen” will be shown on ZDF channel. The underwater vehicle CHEROKEE from the MARUM can be seen in ... +

May 5, 2010

Wilkes-Land-expedition

Currently sediment cores from the Wilkes-Land-expedition in the Southern Ocean are analysed in the Bremen IODP Core Repository. The intention of this ... +

May 2, 2010

Underwater rendezvous

Currently the underwater vehicle MOVE from the MARUM and the manned submersible JAGO from the IFM-GEOMAR are operated together to explore the lack of ... +

Apr 29, 2010

Expedition MINIBEX

The second episode of the video series MARUM-Report is online now. Dierk Hebbeln and André Freiwald were on expedition in the Mediterranean. Off Marseille ... +

Apr 22, 2010

MARUM-Fellowships

Enthusiastic young scientists who have received a PhD in geosciences or a related field within the last five years are offered up to two MARUM Fellowships ... +

Apr 22, 2010

PhD days 2010

Until Friday, april 23, the Ph.D. students from the MARUM and the Graduate School GLOMAR meet at this year´s PhD days. At the annual event they present ... +

Apr 22, 2010

A reseracher`s planet

In its May edition the German magazine GEO documents global research at 37 locations in 27 countries. MARUM collegue Dr. Ursula Röhl contributes to the ... +