At the end of this years` ECORD Summer School the best talks were awarded. Awardees are: Rachel Brackenridge, Patrick Grunert, Enquing Huang, Chloé Pretet, and Kira Rehfeld.more...
Ministerial visit
Today His Excellency, Mr. Suhama Surapranata, Indonesian Minister for Research and Technology, visited MARUM. Mr. Surpranata was mainly interested in learning more about marine technologies and education.
MeBo test
After the successful functional test of the sea floor drill rig MeBo in the water basin at MARUM, it now will be send to Chile. On board the research vessel SONNE the MeBo will take samples on several stations along the Chilean coast.more...
METEOR online
The German research vessel METEOR currently operates southwest of the Azores. The daily newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt presents a blog which also contains video reports (in German only).more...
BIOMARIS research award
Dr. Lubos Polerecky was awarded with the „BIOMARIS research award for the advancement of marine sciences in Bremen 2010”. This award about 5000 Euro was offered by the company BIOMARIS in cooperation with the MARUM for the first time. more...
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...
