MARUM scientist James Collins and his international team reconstructed the extent and position of the African rainbelt over the last 23 000 years. Their study was published online on December 12th in the magazine Nature Geoscience.more...
MARUM Bildkalender 2011
Faszinierende Unterwasseraufnahmen, die mit den Tauchrobotern MARUM-CHEROKEE und MARUM-QUEST gemacht wurden, finden Sie im MARUM Bildkalender 2011. Den Kalender gibt's für einen Druckkostenbeitrag von 3 Euro im MARUM-Shop. more...
Successful MeBo operation
During November MARUM scientists were on expedition with the research vessel SONNE off the coast of Chile. All in all about 250 meters of sediments were drilled with the sea floor drill rig MeBo.more...
Underwater land slides
Currently MARUM scientist Michael Strasser is onboard the drilling vessel CHIKYU. Off the coast of Japan he and his team will operate a drilling, which will give information about causes and consequences of underwater land slides in the past.more...
GLOMAR Best Paper Award 2010
This year’s awardee of the „Best Paper Award“ from the Graduate School GLOMAR is Ines Heßler. The prize endowed with 1000 Euro was given to her in the course of the GLOMAR graduation at MARUM on December 7th.more...
Leibniz Award for Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft announced the winners of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award 2011. One of the ten awards, endowed with 2.5 million Euro each, was given to Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs from the MARUM.more...
MarTech established
On Dec., 3rd the Institute for Maritime Technologies (MarTech-Bremen) was established at the University of Bremen. Initiators are the MARUM, the department of mathematics/computer science with the DFKI-RIC and the department of production engineering.more...
Coring off Chile
During an expedition with the German research vessel Sonne the sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo was being operated off the coast of Chile and the longest core ever drilled with MeBo was recovered. It is 71 metres long. more...
Science Photo Award
On November 20th the German popular science magazine „Bild der Wissenschaft“, the media agency Brendel, and the University of Bremen assigned the “German Award for Science Photography”. The awarded photos are presented until January 14th in the Bremen “House of Science”.more...
40 Years of Ocean Drilling
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IODP and its predecessors were introduced in Eos (Vol. 91, No. 43, 26 October 2010) as Scientific Ocean Drilling represents one of Earth science's longest-running and most successful international collaborations.more...
The ice is melting
A TV documentary which aired last weekend offers interesting insights about an Antarctic expedition of the German research vessel Polarstern in which also geoscientists of the University of Bremen participated. The documentary can be watched online on MARUM TV.more...
Understanding Earthquake Dynamics
During an expedition onboard the Japanese drilling vessel CHIKYU to the Nankai Trough region co-chief scientist Achim Kopf recovered an observatory from a borehole. For a period of 15 months it had collected pressure, temperature and other data.more...
Future of German Research Vessels
On behalf of the German Ministry for Science and Technology the Wissenschaftsrat (Science Council) has now published recommendations regarding the development and renewal of the German marine research fleet (in German only).more...
MARUM Science for Teachers
MARUM PhD student David Fischer takes us on a trip to the bottom of the sea to learn about cold seeps – their ecosystems, potential fuels, and possible involvement in global warming. His article was published by the magazine “Science in School”.more...
AGU Award
Dr. Sabine Kasten was recently awarded with the “Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Paleoceanography”. Dr. Kasten was recommended by the American Geophysical Union AGU for consistently providing constructive and thoughtful reviews.more...
Deepsea exhibition
On November 4th the exhibition „Tiefsee entdecken – erforschen – erleben“ will be opened in Dresden. In this joint project of the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt and the Natural History Museum Basel/Switzerland.many MARUM deepsea videos are displayed. more...
Wenn die Arktis bebt
Heute findet um 17 Uhr der erste Vortrag im Rahmen des Geo-Kolloquims statt. Dr. Vera Schlindwein vom AWI widmet sich dem Thema „Unter driftenden Eisschollen - Erdbeben am Mittelozeanischen Rücken des Arktischen Ozeans“.more...
Science face-to-face
Wissenschaft im Dialog (Science in Dialogue) has started an interview series with renowned German scientists. In the current interview MARUM director Prof. Gerold Wefer provides personal insights and views regarding science and science communication. more...
Coral core in hospital
Recently MARUM geoscientists organized an exceptional cooperation with the radiology department of a Bremen hospital. They investigated a sediment core by means of computer tomography. The cold water coral core was taken off North Carolina/USA.more...
Observatories in the sea floor
Prof. Achim Kopf is co-chief schientist on the current mission of the Japanese drilling vessel CHIKYU. During this IODP expedition long-term observatories will be installed to collect pressure and temperature measurements from within the sea floor of the Nankai trough.more...
Aftermath of Deepwater Horizon
In an article published in the current edition of the magazine “Forschung” of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Prof. Antje Boetius portrays the aftermath of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. She particularly investigates the role of microorganisms in the decay of the oil sludge.more...
Future Energy
On October 1st the exhibition „The Future of Energy“ opened in the Bremen House of Science. MARUM contributes by presenting its research on methane hydrates. The icy substance buried in the seafloor is considered to be potential energy source in the future. more...
Deep-sea hot springs discovered
Scientists from MARUM and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen on board the German research vessel METEOR have discovered new hydrothermal vents 500 kilometres south-west of the Azores. more...
German Unification Day
On the occasion of the German Unification Day a number of outreach activities and festivities took place along the Weser river. Bremen`s marine research institutes presented their work. Moreover two research vessels could be visited during an open ship event.more...
Universe of the Oceans
From October 10 the public German TV ZDF presents the threepart series “Universe of the Oceans” hosted by the German best-selling author Frank Schätzing. The documentary airs on October 10, 17, and 24 at 7.30 pm. more...
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