MARUM aims at understanding the role of the oceans in the Earth’s system by employing state-of-the-art methods. It examines the significance of the oceans within the framework of global change, quantifies interactions between the marine geosphere and biosphere, and provides information for sustainable use of the ocean.
MARUM comprises the DFG research center and the cluster of excellence "The Ocean in the Earth System".
Scientists at the ETH Zurich now deployed the underwater vehicle MARUM-SEAL in the Swiss Lake Neuchatel. They conducted five dives in 115 metres water depth and explored craters at the seabed which are up to160 metres wide and 15 metres deep.more...
OPEN CAMPUS
On June 21th, from 3 pm an open house presentation themed "OPEN CAMPUS - Welten öffnen - Wissen teilen" takes place at the campus of the University of Bremen. MARUM will open its doors and contribute to the lecture and exhibition program.more...
RV SONNE in the Pacific
On a seven-week expedition with the German research vessel SONNE in the Western Pacific MARUM scientists study amongst others sediments to test whether and how atmospheric carbon dioxide was sequestered into the ocean during glacials for thousands of years.more...
Slow Earthquakes
In a study that was now published online in NatureGeoscience a team of MARUM researchers and American colleagues used laboratory experiments and samples from the Nankai Trough off Japan to investigate the role of slip weakening in so-called slow earthquakes.more...
Science Barge on Tour
Recently the science exhibition barge MS Wissenschaft started its 2013 tour in Berlin. Secretary of State, Dr. Georg Schütte and Prof. Gerold Wefer, Chair of Wissenschaft im Dialog, opened an exhibition on demographic change.more...
Phytoplankton Productivity
For a 4-week period, a MARUM team investigates the impact of hydrodynamics on phytoplankton activity. The team connected their instruments to the COSYNA underwater node off Helgoland. This novel observatory allows to follow field measurements online.more...
