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Between outer space and Antarctica: miniature robots to carry out research below the ice

The project line TRIPLE, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is entering its second funding phase. In the research project TRIPLE-nanoAUV 2, which is headquartered at MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, a miniature autonomous vehicle is being developed for sub-ice technology missions. The goal is to test the vehicle with all its accompanying components in Antarctica in 2026.

12.09.2023 · MARUM
Forum for young marine researchers: ICYMARE in Oldenburg

The International Conference for Young Scientists starts on September 18 / DAM among sponsors

08.09.2023 · DAM
Stability inspection for West Antarctica: marine ice sheet not destabilized yet, but possibly on tipping path

Antarctica’s vast ice masses seem far away, yet they store enough water to raise global sea levels by several meters. A team of experts from European research institutes has now provided the first systematic stability inspection of the ice sheet’s current state. Their diagnosis: While they found no indication of irreversible, self-reinforcing retreat of the ice sheet in West Antarctica yet, global warming to date could already be enough to trigger the slow but certain loss of ice over the next hundreds to thousands of years.

07.09.2023 · PIK
When the ocean becomes a source of carbon dioxide

With a Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros, the European Research Council (ERC) will fund the work of climate researcher Dr Ivy Frenger from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel over the next five years. Her project, OSTIA, investigates the role of the ocean in mitigating climate change and asks what happens in the long term to the emissions and heat that the ocean has stored since the beginning of industrialisation.

06.09.2023 · GEOMAR
Calculations by researchers show: Nearly two-thirds of all coral reefs are overfished

An international team of researchers has used an extensive dataset of more than 2,000 coral reef sites to determine how fish populations and diversity of fish species are faring on the world's ocean reefs. One finding of the study, recently published in Nature Communications, is that nearly two-thirds of the sites studied are overfished below reference points aimed at maximizing catch.

06.09.2023 · ZMT
Underestimated Hazard and Resource at the Bottom of the Sea

New dinoflagellate identification guide highlights the importance of marine single-celled organisms for science and society

05.09.2023 · SAM
CO2 removal with the help of the ocean – New brochure provides background knowledge for urgent climate policy decisions

In recent decades, the world’s ocean has absorbed around 25 percent of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, thus significantly slowing down climate change. This natural climate service of the ocean could be boosted systematically by enhancing the CO2 uptake of the sea through human action.

04.09.2023 · GEOMAR | IOW
Inventory in Spitsbergen’s fjords

Gas emissions in focus during expedition "Fjordgas" under MARUM leadership

04.09.2023 · MARUM
Fossil coral reefs as a window into the past and future

Start of an international expedition off the coast of Hawai’i

31.08.2023 · MARUM
Aligning marine conservation with sustainable use

Successful start for the Mid-Term Conference of the DAM research mission sustainMare

30.08.2023 · DAM
Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer

New study shows: Climate change is affecting the seasonal vertical migration of zooplankton in the Arctic

29.08.2023 · AWI
The Ocean: A Solution to Climate Change? Regulation of Negative Emissions Technologies Presents Many Challenges

The ocean will play a key role in efforts to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The use of so-called “negative emissions technologies” to enhance carbon sequestration and storage in the ocean is increasingly being discussed. In a study published in the scientific journal "Frontiers”, RIFS researchers Lina Röschel and Barbara Neumann describe the challenges that these technologies present for both the marine environment and society, and identify cornerstones for their responsible use. The existing regulatory and institutional frameworks for international ocean governance do not provide a comprehensive framework for the governance of these emerging technologies, the authors conclude. Instead, an approach is needed that integrates foresight mechanisms, considers the potential unintended impacts of these technologies on the ocean, and engages with diverse stakeholders.

29.08.2023 · RIFS
When Neptune nudges dominoes: How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks

A study by Kang et al. proposes a new hypothesis for the anomalous slowdown in the rate of average global surface warming between 1979 and 2013. Often attributed to La Niña-like Pacific sea surface temperature trends, the scientists propose that an observed Southern Ocean cooling may have partially contributed to more negative global climate feedbacks, which reduce global warming, in that period. This effect should be accounted for in coupled atmosphere–ocean global climate models as it has an impact on projections of future climate change.

24.08.2023 · MPI-M
Expedition to long-term observatory off Oregon

MARUM team retrieves deep-sea observatory developed in Bremen

23.08.2023 · MARUM
Rare but devastating: When volcanoes trigger tsunamis

Expedition to Indonesia to study the landslide of the Anak Krakatau volcano

22.08.2023 · GEOMAR

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All press releases and news from the DAM

Between outer space and Antarctica: miniature robots to carry out research below the ice

Forum for young marine researchers: ICYMARE in Oldenburg

Stability inspection for West Antarctica: marine ice sheet not destabilized yet, but possibly on tipping path

When the ocean becomes a source of carbon dioxide

Calculations by researchers show: Nearly two-thirds of all coral reefs are overfished

Underestimated Hazard and Resource at the Bottom of the Sea

CO2 removal with the help of the ocean – New brochure provides background knowledge for urgent climate policy decisions

Inventory in Spitsbergen’s fjords

Fossil coral reefs as a window into the past and future

Aligning marine conservation with sustainable use

Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer

The Ocean: A Solution to Climate Change? Regulation of Negative Emissions Technologies Presents Many Challenges

When Neptune nudges dominoes: How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks

Expedition to long-term observatory off Oregon

Rare but devastating: When volcanoes trigger tsunamis

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All press releases and news from the DAM

Between outer space and Ant­arc­tica: mini­ature ro­bots to carry out re­search be­low the ice

Forum for young marine researchers: ICYMARE in Oldenburg

Stability inspection for West Antarctica: marine ice sheet not destabilized yet, but possibly on tipping path

When the ocean becomes a source of carbon dioxide

Calculations by researchers show: Nearly two-thirds of all coral reefs are overfished

Underestimated Hazard and Resource at the Bottom of the Sea

CO2 removal with the help of the ocean – New brochure provides background knowledge for urgent climate policy decisions

In­vent­ory in Spits­ber­gen’s fjords

Fossil coral reefs as a win­dow into the past and fu­ture

Aligning marine conservation with sustainable use

Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer

The Ocean: A Solution to Climate Change? Regulation of Negative Emissions Technologies Presents Many Challenges

When Neptune nudges dominoes: How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks

Ex­ped­i­tion to long-term ob­ser­vat­ory off Ore­gon

Rare but devastating: When volcanoes trigger tsunamis

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Between outer space and Antarctica: miniature robots to carry out research below the ice

Inventory in Spitsbergen’s fjords

Fossil coral reefs as a window into the past and future

Expedition to long-term observatory off Oregon