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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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Jan 9, 2012

MARUM TV on YouTube

Recently YouTube redesigned its website. Now MARUM TV appears in a new look. 86 short documentaries are available which cover MARUM`s three research ... +

Dec 21, 2011

Atlantic Remote Control

A team of MARUM scientists studied the changes in the water cycle in Southern Africa during the last 17 000 years. The results of their study are published ... +

Dec 6, 2011

Tara Oceans Expedition

The current issue of the GEO magazine relates the European expedition onboard the French research sailing vessel Tara off Galapagos Islands in spring 2011. ... +

Nov 29, 2011

A New Seafloor Drill Rig

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research now approved an application to build a new seafloor drill rig which will be able to retrieve up to ... +

Nov 27, 2011

Traces of Life

Last Friday nano, the science magazine of the public TV station 3sat, reported about MARUM`s deep sea reserach at the interface of geology and biology. ... +

Nov 15, 2011

Mass Extinction Chronology

In the current edition of Science magazine MARUM geochemist Dr. Xiao-lei Liu and colleagues describe the course of the end-Permian mass extinction 252 ... +

Nov 14, 2011

40th Anniversary

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Bremen University an exhibition was opened in a mutual savings bank in Bremen on November 14. MARUM provides ... +

Nov 8, 2011

Sahara Dust

These days a team of the Arte science magazine X:enius worked at MARUM. Together with Dr. Inka Meyer the TV team shoot a piece on dust from the Sahara ... +

Nov 2, 2011

UNTER UNS

Yesterday the exhibition „UNTER UNS – Eiszeitliche Bilder des Bremer Umlands“ was opened. The exposed lacquer films developed within a pupil’s project and ... +

Oct 31, 2011

Ice Age Impressions

The Department of Geosciences presents soil profiles which formed during the last ice age. The attractive exhibits were prepared during a co-operation ... +

Oct 31, 2011

Dusty Science

In a workshop which is currently taking place at the MARUM 50 scientists from 10 countries discuss about future research strategies towards a better ... +

Oct 31, 2011

Bacterial research highly valued

Antje Boetius, who amongst others is a member of MARUM and holds a professorship for geomicrobiology at Bremen university received a grant of about 3.4 ... +

Oct 30, 2011

MARUM-MeBo on expedition

The sea floor drillrig MARUM-MeBo has recently been installed on the French RV POURQUOIS PAS?. On November 6th the vessel will start a collaborative ... +

Oct 23, 2011

Deep Sea Frontier

Tomorrow coordinator Achim Kopf and colleagues present the Deep Sea and Sub-Seafloor Project in a European Parliament briefing. The goal of the project is ... +

Oct 20, 2011

TV Report

On Sunday, October 23rd, the public German TV station ARD presents a new edition of the popular science magazine W wie Wissen. The show airs at 5:03 pm and ... +

Oct 18, 2011

ECORD Newsletter

The electronic version of the most recent ECORD Newsletter has just been published. The newsletter contains a report about the ECORD Summer School which ... +

Oct 17, 2011

GLOMAR Teaser

While relaunching its website the graduate school GLOMAR introduced a new feature, the weekly teaser. Alternating weekly graduate students and postdocs ... +