Media Releases 2018

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The image does not represent a topographic map, but shows how much material dissolves. The so-called pulses, which resemble crater waves, are clearly visible. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Research, University of Bremen

Study: Pulsating dissolution found in crystals

Jan 16, 2018

When German researchers zoomed in to the nanometer scale on time-lapse images of dissolving crystals, they found a surprise: Dissolution occurred in ...

After having been recovered by the deck crew, sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo slides on a rail system to its position on deck for unloading of the core barrels. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; G. Bohr

Methane hydrate dissociation off Spitsbergen not caused by climate change

Jan 8, 2018

For years, methane emissions from the seabed have been observed in the Arctic Ocean off Spitsbergen. The assumption that the warming of seawater by climate ...

Steinbruch Schmidt (Bad Wildungen): The geological expression of the Late Devonian mass extinction event in Germany. The mass extinction event is displayed by a level of black shales (indicated by the geological hammer) interrupting the succession of lime

Nutrient surplus causes the oceans to suffocate

Jan 3, 2018

What favoured the Devonian extinction about 374 million years ago? Based on rock samples, a team of scientists from Germany, Belgium, China and the USA ...