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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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Pyrite weathering produces iron-rich acidic water in the Rio Tinto, Spain. When sea level drops during glacials, the coastlines move seaward and more than 20 million square kilometers of potentially pyrite-bearing shelf sediments are drained. During glaci

Oct 14, 2019

The shelf life of pyrite

 

The last 2.6 million years are characterized by glacial cycles, a regular alternation of cold and warm periods. It is widely accepted that changes in ...

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Logo Science goes PUBlic

Oct 14, 2019

Science in a pub

Monster waves in the deep sea, archaea in sediments and cheers to grease: researchers from MARUM and other Bremen institutes bring their research to pubs. ...

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Scientists taking a sample with a CTD probe attached to a corona water sampler. Data obtained in this way will also help the newly launched project to determine the key role of the subpolar North Atlantic in more detail. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine E

Oct 9, 2019

Kick-off meeting EU2020 COMFORT Project

What are our safe operating spaces for the ocean? This is the starting question for the new EU Horizon 2020 project COMFORT. The official kick-off meeting ...

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Workshop participants Photo: SLATE

Sep 24, 2019

SLATE meeting

Members of the European training network SLATE (Submarine Landslides and their impact on European continental margins) have now exchanged views at a ...

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The contents of the course also include exercises with remotely operated vehicles in the MARUM-QUEST simulator and in the diving pool with ROV MARUM-SQUID. Photo: MARUM

Sep 23, 2019

ROV workshop

Scientific ROV missions differ significantly from those in the oil and gas industry and place special demands on ROV pilots in terms of planning, loading ...

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During the Maritime Week, research institutions from the state of Bremen will present their work at the Schlachte. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Sep 20, 2019

"Forschungsmeile" at the Weser River

During the Maritime Week, research institutions from the state of Bremen will present themselves at the Schlachte. More than 20 institutes present their ...

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Participants of the 2019 ECORD Summer School and their lecturers. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Unversitt of Bremen; V. Diekamp

Sep 16, 2019

ECORD Summer School 2019

The 13th ECORD Summer School is centered around Subduction Zone Processes. From September 16 to September 27, 27 early career scientists from 13 countries ...

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