Again the MARUM Schoollab participates in this year`s Kid`s University taking place at the University of Bremen this week. In the workshop on renewable energy the kids can build solar-powered ships or drive cars with hydrogen fuel cells.more...
Frank Schätzing visited MARUM
Recently the German bestseller author Frank Schätzing visited MARUM. He and Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann were interviewed about science and fiction in Schätzing`s science fiction thriller “The Swarm”. The documentary will be aired on Arte TV later later this year.
MARUM Research Award
Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Stephan A. Klapp (both in the photo left) and Julio Sepúlveda received the „MARUM Research Award for Marine Geosciences 2009“ for their outstanding dissertations with a prize money of 3.000 Euro. more...
Exploring the Great Barrier Reef
On Tuesday, April 6th, an expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program into the Great Barrier Reef came to an end. The coral samples will be investigated in depth during an onshore science party which takes place at the MARUM this summer. more...
Inspiration marine research
What can result from science meeting art can be found on the new Schiller-album „Atemlos“. The musician Christopher von Deylen alias Schiller got the inspiration for his songs on the expedition in the arctic.more...
PANGAEA Curator Meeting
Recently the 4th meeting of PANGAEA curators was organized at the MARUM. National and international developers, curators, scientists and external specialists discussed latest trends and possibilities of data management. more...
BIOMARIS Research Award
This year the BIOMARIS company and MARUM announce a 5,000 Euro award for promoting marine sciences. Researchers affiliated with a scientific institution in the State of Bremen can apply until March 31st. more...
Deep down under
Last December the diving vehicle MARUM-Cherokee was deployed in Australian waters off Queensland. Deutsche Welle TV produced a short documentation which can be viewed here.more...
New plan m programme started!
MARUM and GLOMAR support female PhD students and postdocs in their career planning by offering the mentoring programme "plan m". The next phase of "plan m" has started now. Nine Postdocs and three PhD students participate for the next 12 months.more...
Expo 2010 in Shanghai
On May 1st the Expo 2010 will be opened in Shanghai. As part of the Bremen booth MARUM exhibits underwater vehicles and deep sea videos. What else private companies and scientific institutions plan to contribute was presented during a media conference which took place on March 3rd.
A surprise in the deep ocean
Together with colleagues from the US MARUM researchers Dierk Hebbeln and Mahyar Mohtadi investigated the exchange of carbon dioxide between ocean and atmoshpere in the past. NatureGeoscience publishes their results in its March edition.
Expedition blog POSEIDON
Since Wednesday, February 24th, MARUM researcher are on expedition with the research vessel POSEIDON off the coast of Northwest-Africa. In their expedition blog they report daily about their work and life on board the research vessel:more...
Pioneering Partnership
The data library PANGAEA and the publisher Elsevier have linked their respective content in earth system research. Research data sets deposited at PANGAEA are now automatically linked to corresponding articles in Elsevier journals - and vice versa. more...
In Antarctic waters
Until March 9th the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution will be operating in Antarctic waters. The fifth episode of the expedition blog deals with the role of sedimentology on board.more...
Investigating the deep biosphere
From April 2010 the European Research Council will fund an excellent new MARUM research project with 2.9 million Euros: the investigation of microbial life deep beneath the sea floor. Project leader Prof. Hinrichs presents the venture.more...
plan m fosters equal opportunities
MARUM and GLOMAR support female PhD students and postdocs in their career planning in science and offer a mentoring programme starting in March 2010. Applications can be filed until February 12th.more...
Scientific diving once and now
50 years ago Jacques Picard reached a depth of nearly 11 kilometres onboard his diving vehicle „Trieste”. On the occasion of that anniversary Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann reviews the progress that has since been made in the field of scientific diving technologies on the radio.more...
KDM office in Bruxelles
Recently an office of the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) has been opened in Bruxelles. Its activities will enhance the international visibility of German marine research and will be offering its expertise in the European marine and research sector.more...
Following Darwin`s footsteps
Until May 2010 a dutch TV-Team follows the wake of Darwin`s iconic Beagle expedition. Onboard the clipper “Stad Amsterdam” a MARUM dust collector which is maintained by Jan-Berend Stuut. Live videos, logbook entries, and photos can be found on the web.more...
Lebende Fossilien
In ihrer Online-Ausgabe berichtet die Frankfurter Rundschau über eine Expedition im australischen Barriereriff, auf der mit Hilfe des Tauchroboters MARUM-Cherokee nach lebenden Fossilien im Meer gesucht wurde.more...
Expertise in climate research
During recent years research institutions in North-western Germany have acquired a lot of expertise in the field of climate research. MARUM researcher Matthias Prange gave an interview on that topic for the regional radio (in German only).more...
MeBo expedition
Last week an international team of scientists met in Bremen for the onshore science party of the last MeBo expedition. The scientists analyzed the sediment cores taken with the sea floor drill rig MeBo in the south atlantic.more...
Deep sea exhibition
Until the end of January 2010 the Berlin Museum of Natural Sciences presents an exhibition on deep sea research. The exhibition that covers a largely unknown habitat also presents material which was obtained during expeditions with the diving tool MARUM-QUEST.more...
Deep down under
In December the dving vehicle MARUM-QUEST iswas operating off Queeensland. On board the vessel PRIDE a German research team investigated the Mesozoic relict fauna of parts of the Great Barrier Reef. More information and an expedition logbook can be found here:more...
