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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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The exhibition "Meer erleben" can currently be seen in Magdeburg.

May 27, 2022

MARUM on the road

The climate and how it is changing is the focus of a special exhibition at the “LWL Museum für Naturkunde” in Münster, in which MARUM – Center for Marine ...

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Monika Rhein will receive the 2022 Fridtjof Nansen Medal. Photo: private

May 24, 2022

Nansen Medal for Monika Rhein

Monika Rhein will receive the 2022 Fridtjof Nansen Medal, awarded by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The EGU Ocean Science division thus recognizes ...

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Skeletal structure of tropical reef corals under 20x magnification. A growth interruption, clearly visible in the center of the image, is due to a partial death of the coral colony and could be caused by coral bleaching. Photo: Prof. Dr. Thomas Brachert

May 23, 2022

Corals as climate archives

Unusually well-preserved reef corals from the Geological and Palaeontological Collection at Leipzig University hold a great secret: They allow us to travel ...

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The research drillship JOIDES RESOLUTION in the port of Cape Town. This is also where Expedition 393 will start in early June. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; L. Tamborrino

May 20, 2022

A look into the past

Extracting cores from the ocean floor at six locations in the Atlantic Ocean – that is the goal of two international expeditions within the framework of ...

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Research Seminar at MARUM.

May 13, 2022

Forschungsseminar

In the research seminar, scientists working with colleagues from MARUM present their new research topics and innovative research approaches. The lecture ...

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Ahoy and sail away! Today the MS Wissenschaft starts with the hands-on exhibition on board. An interactive exhibit also comes from MARUM. Photo: Ilja C. Hendel/Wissenschaft im Dialog

May 3, 2022

Tour of the MS Wissenschaft starts

In May, the tour of the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft will start as part of the Science Year 2022. Also on board is an interactive exhibit from MARUM - ...

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