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Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline

The global production of plastics and the resulting plastic waste has increased to such an extent that plastics have become ubiquitous in our environment.

26.09.2024 · AWI
Tackling societal challenges together

Politicians emphasize the importance of scientific findings for political decisions at the DAM's parliamentary evening “Sea Future” in Kiel

19.09.2024 · DAM
Telepresence of MARUM-QUEST dive

The Knipovich Ridge in the North Atlantic is the destination of an expedition with the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN, which is being led by MARUM scientist Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann.

13.09.2024 · MARUM
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)

10.09.2024 · DAM
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.

06.09.2024 · MPI-MM
ROV MARUM SQUID – 100th dive

On New Year's Day 2016, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) MARUM SQUID undertook its first dive.

06.09.2024 · MARUM
Holistic change: Hereon meets ministry

Claus Ruhe Madsen for a professional exchange in Geesthacht

30.08.2024 · HEREON
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.

29.08.2024 · AWI
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.

22.08.2024 · MPI-MM
DAM transfer projects registered as official UN Ocean Decade projects

The two transfer projects Ocean Online and the Interactive World Ocean are now also officially recognized as projects of the Ocean Decade.

14.08.2024 · DAM
IOW Research programme 2024-2033 „Perspectives of Coastal Seas“

The IOW studies Coastal and Marine Systems in a holistic and interdisciplinary approach in comparative study areas.

12.08.2024 · IOW
Innovative monitoring system locates subsea transmission cables with high precision and reliability

A cornerstone of the energy transition, offshore wind energy supplies millions of consumers with green electricity. Export cables connect offshore wind farms to the grid onshore.

02.08.2024 · Fraunhofer
What’s the weather like in the deep sea?

A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the seasons, and that currents at the bottom of the ocean are far more complicated than previously thought.

31.07.2024 · MARUM
METEOR expedition M202 investigates the ecology of prey to better understand hunting behaviour of toothed whales in the Atlantic

On Sunday, the research vessel METEOR set off on an expedition around the island of Terceira in the Azores archipelago. The findings will ultimately contribute to the protection of these endangered marine mammals.

24.07.2024 · GEOMAR
100 years of Wadden Sea research in List on Sylt

The AWI Wadden Sea Station Sylt is investigating an important question: How will climate change alter the Wadden Sea and the North Sea in the long term?

23.07.2024 · AWI

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All press releases and news from the DAM

Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline

Tackling societal challenges together

Telepresence of MARUM-QUEST dive

NLWKN becomes 25th DAM member

A bacterium infects deep-sea mussels and multiplies in their cells

ROV MARUM SQUID – 100th dive

Holistic change: Hereon meets ministry

YESSS – Kick-off for a year-long research marathon in the Arctic

New research group “Protist Virology”

DAM transfer projects registered as official UN Ocean Decade projects

IOW Research programme 2024-2033 „Perspectives of Coastal Seas“

Innovative monitoring system locates subsea transmission cables with high precision and reliability

What’s the weather like in the deep sea?

METEOR expedition M202 investigates the ecology of prey to better understand hunting behaviour of toothed whales in the Atlantic

100 years of Wadden Sea research in List on Sylt

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