News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only Preserving and Using the Deep Sea: Scientists Call for More Knowledge to Enable Sustainable Management Scientific report on deep-sea research sees 2025 as a decisive year for ocean health CO₂ removal and storage: Which options are feasible and desirable? A new framework helps to evaluate the feasibility of ocean-based CO2 removal processes and assesses their impact on humans and nature Who eats whom? New model for marine food webs Hereon researchers develop innovative method to calculate predator-prey relationships more precisely Continuation of the DAM is part of the coalition agreement A positive signal from the future federal government in favour of the protection and sustainable use of the sea New study on natural oil seeps in the deep sea What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers have investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter in detail. When bacteria regulate the jellyfish reproduction Researchers at Kiel University demonstrate the key role of the microbiome in the life cycle of the moon jellyfish Marine litter: what biodegradable plastics can do to solve the problem For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. New fish species discovered in the Gulf of Mexico Hypoplectrus espinosai belongs to the hamlet group and was discovered in the Alacranes Reef, a reef complex in the Campeche Bank in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Lowest levels on record for Arctic winter sea ice The maximum extent of Arctic winter sea ice is well below the long-term average, with mean March levels at a record low Storing CO₂ Beneath the German North Sea? GEOSTOR Research Consortium Publishes Interim Report Scientists provide insights into the geological, technical, ecological, and legal dimensions of offshore CO₂ storage, contributing to the CCS debate in Germany Why not every saltwater inflow benefits the Baltic Sea equally New study by Kiel University: Major saltwater inflows differ in their nature and thus affect respective oxygen supply to the Baltic Sea A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025” The Muusoctopus octopus came out on top in the public online poll All Aboard for the Third “Floating University” Master's students from West Africa to study and research aboard the POLARSTERN New Podcast “Life in the Deep Biosphere” Explores Secrets of the Ocean Floor What happens under extreme conditions on the ocean floor? What role does the ocean floor play in the global carbon cycle? New boost for ecosystem-based fisheries management GEOMAR and Federal Agency for Nature Conservation sign cooperation agreement Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 41 Next Share this page Newsletter Always up to date with the DAM newsletter. (German only) Subscribe Our Sponsors The federal government and the governments of the five northern German states support the current development and sponsor the DAM.