Media Releases 2014

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New Deep-Sea Drill Rig

Jul 15, 2014

Trendsetting Marine Technology from Bremen
After four years of development, construction of the new sea-floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo200 has been completed by ... +

Surprising Temperature Gradients In the Great Barrier Reef

Jun 16, 2014

New Findings on Past Climate off Australia
Recently Nature Communications published a study in which an international team of scientists presents new ... +

Trockenstress im Tropenwald

Jun 9, 2014

Energy savers in the deep

May 20, 2014

MARUM scientist Dr. Martin Könneke and colleagues decoded the most energy efficient microbial pathway for CO2 fixation under aerobic conditions. Their ... +

This graphic shows that on the continental shelfs inshore the sulfate reduction rates are highest (from yellow to red in the in the scale), whereas the rates in the open ocean are much lower (purple). The dots showing the sampling sites. Graphic: M. Bowle

Sulfate-starved microbes rule the deep biosphere

May 8, 2014

New findings on the global rates of subseafloor microbial sulfate use

A team of scientists from the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), the ...