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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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Research into the subsoil in the state of Bremen is at the heart of the Geological Service. Photo: GDfB

Aug 28, 2018

10 years Geological Survey

The Geological Survey of Bremen investigates the underground of the state of Bremen. Since its foundation as the expert authority of the Senator for ...

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Antje Boetius receives this year's German Environmental Award. Photo: Al­fred-We­ge­ner-In­sti­tut / Kers­tin Rol­fes

Aug 23, 2018

Environmental award for Antje Boetius

Antje Boetius, Vice-Spokesperson of the cluster "The Ocean in the Earth System" at MARUM and Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for ...

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Nadine @ MIMAS II

Aug 22, 2018

Nadine Gerlach @ MIMAS II 2018

Report of GLOMAR PhD student Nadine Gerlach about her participation in MIMAS II symposium – Microbial Interactions in Marine Systems in Greifwald, Germany ...

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The team of the Geosciences Collection on their way to their field of work. The walk from the base camp to the outcrops takes about two hours. Photo: University of Bremen

Aug 21, 2018

Marine Fossils in the Nevada Desert

For the second time, a team from the Geosciences Collection of the University of Bremen, including Martin Krogmann of MARUM, is digging up fossils in the ...

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Aug 20, 2018

PhD defence of Raul Scarlat

On August 23rd, 13:00 pm in room U1050 of the IUP, University of Bremen, ArcTrain student Raul Scarlat will defend his PhD thesis with the title 'Improving ...

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Sandra Petrov @ ISME 2018

Aug 17, 2018

Sandra Petrov @ ISME 2018

Report of GLOMAR PhD student Sandra Petrov about her participation in the International Symposium on Microbial Ecology from 12 to 17 August 2018

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Children deal with the topic of astronomy in workshops. From 30 August to 1 September, "Explore Science" will be a guest at Bremen's Bürgerpark. Photo: Klaus Tschira Stiftung

Aug 8, 2018

Explore Science in Bremen

What does astronomy have in common with climate? What role do impact craters actually play? These and other questions will be answered during the "Explore ...

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A Board in the Internationale Maritime Museum Hamburg informs visitors about the expedition in the Scotia Sea. Photo: Holger von Neuhoff

Aug 3, 2018

Boards for METEOR-Cruise

Integrated into the special exhibition on maritime services, the International Maritime Museum Hamburg (IMMH) is also showing panels on a MARUM expedition ...

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The expedition team is going to install borehole observatories. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Jul 25, 2018

Trigger for earthquakes in focus

Events that trigger landslides and earthquakes are the focus of MARUM's M149 expedition, which takes the team to the Gulf of Cadiz off the ...

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Qingzeng Zhu @ Geobiology 2018

Jul 15, 2018

Qingzeng Zhu @ Geobiology 2018

Report of GLOMAR PhD student Qingzeng Zhu about his participation in the Geobiology 2018 - An International Training in a Rapidly Evolving Field from 11 ...

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Iceberg in the North Atlantic. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

Jul 12, 2018

Melting triggers melting

The melting of glaciers on one side of the globe can trigger disintegration of glaciers on the other side of the globe, as has been presented in a recent ...

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The cable is being wound from a transport reel via a rewinding block onto the winch. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, T. Klein

Jul 10, 2018

MeBo umbilical serviced

A cable connects the seafloor drill rig MARUM-MeBo 200 to the research vessel from where it is deployed for deep sea drilling. This cable – also known as ...

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