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World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

Researchers detect around 60 million nests of Antarctic icefish over a 240 square kilometres area in the Weddell Sea

13.01.2022 · AWI
From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases

In collaboration with a team from China, researchers from Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology have successfully cultivated “miracle microbe” in the laboratory

24.12.2021 · MPI-MM
Microorganisms produce elemental carbon

Purely biological: Researchers identify a new kind of pure carbon production by microorganisms

04.11.2021 · MARUM / MPI-MM
A natural CO2-sink thanks to symbiotic bacteria

Like many land plants, seagrasses live in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria

04.11.2021 · MPI-MM
Seagrass meadows act as vibrio catchers

Kiel researchers prove another service of the Baltic Sea ecosystem

15.09.2021 · GEOMAR
Groundwater resources off the coast of Malta

Researchers discover fresh water in the Mediterranean Sea

06.08.2021 · GEOMAR
New comment in Nature: Advancing an equitable and effective conservation of biodiversity

OECMs - the acronym for "Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures" - are a valuable policy tool in the new global biodiversity agreement, along with the establishment of protected areas.

05.08.2021 · ZMT
A long day for microbes, and the rise of oxygen on Earth

An international team of scientists around Judith Klatt from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, proposes an intriguing explanation: that increasing daylength, resulting from slowing Earth rotation, may have allowed microbes to release more oxygen, thereby creating the air we breathe today.

02.08.2021 · MPI-MM
Fully booked at the bottom of the sea

There seems no room for new bacteria on sand grains

20.07.2021 · MPI-MM
Enzyme skyscrapers help microbes grow

Scientists determine structure of an important nitrite-oxidizing enzyme in the global biological nitrogen cycle

15.07.2021 · MPI-MM
Researching climate change in Greenland

Hereon scientists study marine ecosystem tipping points on international research expedition

13.07.2021 · hereon
Symbionts without borders: Bacterial partners travel the world

Symbiotic bacteria living in the gills of certain clams are true cosmopolitans.

12.07.2021 · MPI-MM
What makes mangroves efficient carbon stores?

The ability of mangroves to store large amounts of CO2 and other climate gases as organic matter in their biomass and sediments has sparked increasing interest in this ecosystem.

06.07.2021 · ZMT
Close link between maximum age, mortality and productivity discovered

Natural constant simplifies sustainable management of animal and plant groups

31.05.2021 · GEOMAR
Vibrios and climate change

Can nature-based methods mitigate the potential threat in the Baltic Sea?

19.05.2021 · IOW

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News

All press releases and news from the DAM

World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases

Microorganisms produce elemental carbon

A natural CO2-sink thanks to symbiotic bacteria

Seagrass meadows act as vibrio catchers

Groundwater resources off the coast of Malta

New comment in Nature: Advancing an equitable and effective conservation of biodiversity

A long day for microbes, and the rise of oxygen on Earth

Fully booked at the bottom of the sea

Enzyme skyscrapers help microbes grow

Researching climate change in Greenland

Symbionts without borders: Bacterial partners travel the world

What makes mangroves efficient carbon stores?

Close link between maximum age, mortality and productivity discovered

Vibrios and climate change

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All press releases and news from the DAM

World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases

Microorganisms produce elemental carbon

A natural CO2-sink thanks to symbiotic bacteria

Seagrass meadows act as vibrio catchers

Groundwater resources off the coast of Malta

New comment in Nature: Advancing an equitable and effective conservation of biodiversity

A long day for mi­crobes, and the rise of oxy­gen on Earth

Fully booked at the bot­tom of the sea

En­zyme sky­scrapers help mi­crobes grow

Researching climate change in Greenland

Sym­bionts without bor­ders: Bac­terial part­ners travel the world

What makes mangroves efficient carbon stores?

Close link between maximum age, mortality and productivity discovered

Vibrios and climate change

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A long day for microbes, and the rise of oxygen on Earth

Fully booked at the bottom of the sea

Enzyme skyscrapers help microbes grow

Symbionts without borders: Bacterial partners travel the world