marum - Newsflash

Subpages:

Pagecontent:

home

Public Relations

Newsflash

The future of ocean drilling

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program seeks comments from the scientific community on the draft of a new science plan that will guide scientific ocean drilling and related observatory science for a decade starting by late 2013. IODP looks forward to receive your comments. more...

Final presentations

The final presentations of the MARUM Summer Student Fellows 2010 will take place August 26, 09.00 - 11.00 a.m., in room 2070. more...

Bush Telegraph

Media are still interested in the IODP Great Barrier Reef Expedition. Co-Chief Scientist Dr. Jody Webster gave an interview on ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In the magazine Bush Telegraph he reports about the Bremen onshore science party. more...

Sediment core in hospital

Dr. Till Hanebuth organized a rather exceptional cooperation these days. The geoscientist payed a visit to a Bremen hospital. In a radiological practice a sediment core 35 metres long drilled with MARUM-MeBo was X-rayed. The core was drilled last year off Uruguay. more...

Cooperation PANGAEA - Elsevier

Elsevier and PANGAEA announced their next step of cooperation. Various Elsevier articles at ScienceDirect are now enriched with geographic information linking to associated research data sets that are deposited at PANGAEA. more...

Bacteria as ecosystem engineers

In the current issue of the magaznie Nature Geoscience MARUM scientist Tobias Goldhammer and his team publish a study about the impact of sulphur bacteria on the phosphorus cycle in the ocean. more...

MeBo back from sea

On Friday eight containers arrived at the MARUM work yard. They held the sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo which was deployed successfully during an expedition on board the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN off Sicily. more...

Terry Healy passed away

Sad news came from New Zealand. After having suffered from a long and severe illness our highliy appreciated colleague and dear friend, Prof. Terry Healy, passed away on July 20th. more...

Science in bestsellers

The recent edition of the TV science magazine X:enius dealt with the question how much marine science is incorporated in Frank Schätzing`s bestseller “The Swarm”. The shooting took place in the MARUM building last March. more...

Corals record climate changes

From July 3rd till July 17th about 30 scientists from nine countries analyzed 225 metres of cores containing fossil coral material from the Great Barrier Reef. The samples will allow to establish the course of sea-level rise during the final phase of the last deglaciation. more...

Dusty Sahel

Human-induced dust emissions in the Sahel region of Africa have made an important contribution to the overall atmospheric dust load for about two centuries, reports a Nature paper by MARUM scientist Stefan Mulitza and colleagues. more...

IPCC Report No. 5

The IPCC plans to publish its 5th assessment report in 2013. From the MARUM Prof. Monika Rhein (Ocean observation) and Prof. Michael Schulz (Information from paleoclimate archives) will contribute as Coordinating Lead Authors. more...

Expedition log POSEIDON

Until July 15 MARUM scientist were on expedition off the coast of Ireland exploring cold-water corals. In an expedition log chief scientist Claudia Wienberg and her team reported on the work and life on board the research vessel POSEIDON. more...

Summit on Svalbard

The directors of eminent German marine research institutions (AWI, IfM-Geomar, and MARUM) recently met in Svalbard to commonly discuss about a strategy for the implementation of a seafloor observatory in the Arctic Ocean. more...

Oceanic lithosphere

« Elements » is a new American magazine for mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology. In the current edition MARUM scientist Wolfgang Bach and co-author G. Früh-Green discuss alteration of the oceanic lithosphere and implications for seafloor processes. more...

Secrets of the Sea

On the occasion of the Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition which took place earlier this year the German TV station RTL now aired a report on the Bremen Core Repository of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. more...

Distinguished Lecturer

Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs has been nominated as Distinguished Lecturer for the correspondent programme of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling ECORD. He will present new discoveries in the deep biosphere. more...

Gulf crisis

Currently the media report intensively about the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. German TV stations make use of underwater video material which was shot with the diving vehicle MARUM-QUEST during a METEOR cruise in 2006. more...

André Freiwald new MARUM member

Prof. André Freiwald is a new member of the MARUM. Marine geoscientist Freiwald is professor for marine geology at the University of Bremen and has accepted to become head of the divison for marine research at Senckenberg Wilhelmshaven. more...

Methane news

Edited by G. Bohrmann and B. Barker Jörgensen Volume 30 (3/4) of Geo-Marine Letters presents latest findings on gas in marine sediments. It contains 25 selected papers from a topic conference which was held in Bremen in 2008. more...

Chikyu 2010 expeditions

The Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu,will resume scientific expeditions for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) during the 2010 season. International science teams will explore the seismogenic zone and sub-seafloor biosphere off Japan. more...

INVEST report published

During the INVEST conference which was held in Bremen in September 2009 about 600 scientists discussed the outline for the post 2013 phase of ocean research drilling. Now the 160 pages conference report has been published. more...

Open Ship METEOR

On June 19 and 20, the MARUM and other marine research institutes are presenting their scientific work at the Open Ship on board the research vessel METEOR. From 9 a.m. visitors can board the ship moored at the Überseebrücke in Hamburg. more...

Science Summer 2010

„Magdeburg wants to know“ – this is the motto of the German science summer 2010, which was opened last Saturday. Activities included an exhibition on the historic market square, the presence of the science barge and a science night. more...

Tailwind for IPCC

In an open letter (available in German only) the German National Committee on Global Change Research and the German Climate Consortium now supports the work of the IPCC. more...

Expo 2010 in Shanghai

On May 1st the Expo 2010 was opened in Shanghai. As part of the Bremen booth MARUM exhibits underwater vehicles and videos on cold water corals and methane hydrates with shots taken by the ROV MARUM-QUEST. more...

A day in the life

The German magazine GEO recently documented 24 hours of science. At 45 locations in 36 countries. MARUM scientist Ursual Röhl reports from the IODP drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution. more...

Expedition log MERIAN

Until June 03 MARUM scientist are on expedition in the Black Sea exploring gas leaks at the seafloor. In an expedition log chief scientist Gerhard Bohrmann and his team report on the work and life on board the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN: more...

Presentations now online available

The presentations of the successful conference „EnergieMix 2050“ are now available on the Internet. The conference, which took place in Berlin on April 19 and 20, highlighted the role of geosciences for energy supply in the future. more...

Threatened underwater world

On May 26, at 10:15 p.m. the new episode of “Abenteuer Wissen” was shown on ZDF channel. The underwater vehicle CHEROKEE from the MARUM could be seen in this program about coral reefs. It was on expedition to the Great Barrier Reef. more...

Wilkes-Land-expedition

Currently sediment cores from the Wilkes-Land-expedition in the Southern Ocean are analysed in the Bremen IODP Core Repository. The intention of this expedition is to find out more about the evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. more...

Modern Meccas

Well attended was the presentation of the new book „Mekkas der Moderne – Pilgerstätten der Wissensgesellschaft“ at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. MARUM scientist Hildegard Westphal (member of Die Junge Akademie) is one of the three editors. more...

Cordial welcome in Sewastopol

On May 20, the german research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN visited the harbour of Sewastopol in the Ukraine. On a press conference chief scientist Gerhard Bohrmann explained the scientific programme of the current expedition in the Black Sea. more...

Underwater rendezvous

Currently the underwater vehicle MOVE from the MARUM and the manned submersible JAGO from the IFM-GEOMAR are operated together to explore the lack of oxygen in the Black Sea. The blog to this expedition can be found on the MPI website: more...

MARUM Fellowships

Enthusiastic young scientists who have received a PhD in geosciences or a related field within the last five years are offered up to two MARUM Fellowships which are initially limited to a term of two years. Deadline for submitting applications is May 21, 2010. more...

Expedition MINIBEX

The second episode of the video series MARUM-Report is online now. Dierk Hebbeln and André Freiwald were on expedition in the Mediterranean. Off Marseille they investigated cold water corals. more...

A researcher`s planet

In its May edition the German magazine GEO documents global research at 37 locations in 27 countries. MARUM scientist Dr. Ursula Röhl reports about her participation in the IODP Wilkes Land Expedition on board JOIDES Resolution. more...

Council of Science and Humanities

Horst Köhler, President of the Federal Rebublic of Germany, appointed Antje Boetius as a member of the German Council of Science and Humanities, an advisory body to the German Federal Government and the state governments. more...

Stephan Klapp receives Briese Research Award

For his groundbreaking research on the structure and formation of gas hydrates in the seabed MARUM collegue Dr. Stephan Klapp receives the “Briese Award for Marine Research” in the amount of Euro 5,000. more...

Brand-new MARUM brochure

The multifaceted marine research conducted at MARUM is now being presented in a brand-new, 32-pages brochure – generally understandable and interestingly edited. An English version will be available soon. more...

Black Sea Expedition

Rush hour at the MARUM work yard! The diving vehicles MARUM-QUEST and MARUM-SEAL were shipped to the port of Istanbul. During a cruise of the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN in the Black Sea natural gas leaks in the sea-floor will be investigated. more...

EnergyMix 2050

Fully booked was the conference „EnergieMix 2050“ which took place in Berlin on april 19 and 20. It was organised by the Geokommission and the GeoUnion and highlighted the role of geosciences for energy supply in the future. more...