Media Releases 2019

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Research vessel POLARSTERN in the Cumberland Bay of South Georgia. Photo: vdl

Remotely operated vehicle MARUM-QUEST for the first time in Antarctic waters

Apr 11, 2019

Where the Earth’s plates meet, there is evidence of their motion. An expedition of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN will explore this activity in the ...

Core Repository International Ocean Discovery Program.

25 years of refrigeration for sediments and rocks

Mar 11, 2019

Bremen has become an essential element on the research landscape of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). The Hanseatic city has a reputation ...

These spore-forming bacteria grew from samples collected from more than 100 meters beneath the seafloor off Peru’s coast (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 201 Site 1227, Hole A 12H-3, 102.4 mbsf). The vegetative cells glow blue due to a florescent dye, while th

Endospores Rival Growing Cells in Ocean Sediments

Feb 22, 2019

A survey of ocean sediments from around the world finds that dormant bacterial endospores are about as common as slow-growing cells, and make up a ...