News All press releases and news from the DAM Topics All Topics Biodiversity Climate Change Management Pollution Research Structure Usage DAM news only NLWKN becomes 25th DAM member The German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) has a new member: the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN) A bacterium infects deep-sea mussels and multiplies in their cells Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, now reveal how a bacterial parasite infects and reproduces in the nuclei of deep-sea mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. ROV MARUM SQUID – 100th dive On New Year's Day 2016, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) MARUM SQUID undertook its first dive. Photosynthesis in near darkness Photosynthesis can take place at extremely low light levels. This is the result of an international study carried out as part of the MOSAiC expedition. Mobile Test Platform for Offshore Wind Turbines Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a mobile test platform that enables realistic tests to be performed at full load, even on offshore wind turbines out in the open. Holistic change: Hereon meets ministry Claus Ruhe Madsen for a professional exchange in Geesthacht YESSS – Kick-off for a year-long research marathon in the Arctic Coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), YESSS is intended to yield new insights into climate change effects. New concept for the protection of marine biodiversity The AGELESS Project will leverage long-term data series for the ocean of the future Fisheries Research Overestimates Fish Stocks GEOMAR Expert Calls for More Realistic Stock Assessments New research group “Protist Virology” We are pleased and excited to welcome a new research group to our institute as of January 2025: Under the heading of Dr. Matthias Fischer, the researchers will explore the biology of giant viruses and their parasites. Underwater avalanche with prodigious extent decoded An international team of researchers led by Kiel University mapped for the first time one of the world's largest underwater avalanches off the coast of Morocco, from source to sink. Climate change: More and more people in Hamburg take precautionary measures The Helmholtz-Center Hereon publishes study results on citizens' risk awareness for climate change Concealed Among Deep-water Corals: New Fish Species Discovered In Mauritanian Waters The fish from the rockling family was found at a depth of 595 meters Preservation of organic carbon in the ocean floor New publication on the dynamic role of iron oxides in organic carbon preservation in oceanfloor Change of staff in coastal research: AWI Vice Director Prof Karen Wiltshire to helm new climate institute at Trinity College Dublin In July, the AWI’s Vice Director for Coastal Research and Director of the Biological Institute Helgoland transfered to Trinity College Dublin, where she will head a newly founded climate institute. Previous 1 … 11 12 13 … 44 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.