Media Releases 2017

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G20-Delegates visit MARUM

Jun 2, 2017

Garbage in the oceans is a huge problem that needs to be taken seriously. The G20 states, under the leadership of a German presidency, have now agreed on a ...

The drill crew of the JR working on the platform to extend and stabilize the hole. (credit: Exp 356/IODP-JRSO)

Climate change shifts westerlies

May 26, 2017

New sediment cores drilled along the westcoast of Australia within the framework of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) with the research ...

IODP Expedition 362 scientists examine the working and archive halves of a freshly split core.

Researchers drill deep to understand why the Sumatra earthquake was so severe

May 26, 2017

An international team of scientists has found evidence suggesting the dehydration of minerals deep below the ocean floor influenced the severity of the ...

The AWI research aircraft Polar 6 flying over the 79-Degree-North Glacier in Greenland. The photo clearly shows small melt-water lakes on the glacier’s surface. Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut

How Does Ocean Warming Affect Greenland’s Continental Ice Sheet?

May 3, 2017

Over a third of the worldwide increase in sea levels can be traced to the massive retreat of Greenland’s ice sheet. For the past twenty years, researchers ...

Sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo70 is deployed off the Polarstern. Photo: Thomas Ronge

Polarstern returns with MeBo and precious cargo to homeport

Apr 18, 2017

The research vessel Polarstern is expected to enter its homeport with the early-morning high tide on Thursday, 20 April 2017, marking the end of a ...