Media Releases 2021

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It doesn't look like much, but it's full of surprises: Bottles like these harbor the cultures of Methanoliparia. Photo: Lei Cheng

From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases

Dec 22, 2021

Microorganisms can convert oil into natural gas, i.e. methane. Until recently, it was thought that this conversion was only possible through the ...

The distribution of oxygen in the water column is primarily determined by the vertical circulation. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; T. Klein

Weaker ocean circulation led to more carbon storage in the deep sea

Dec 8, 2021

The movement of water masses in the ocean, its circulation, is an essential component of the global climate system. In a study recently published in the ...

In the new rooms on University Boulevard, students experiment and learn together. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

New rooms for the younger generations

Nov 22, 2021

For the past 20 years, the MARUM UNISchullabor has served as a bridge between schools and the university. After a break caused by the pandemic and ...

Samples from the Guaymas Basin. Photo: Min Song

Explanation for unusual isotope patterns

Nov 8, 2021

Hydrocarbons, which are an essential component of crude oil and natural gas, form under pressure and high temperatures in the deep ocean floor. In the ...

Sampling from the hot sediments of the hydrothermal seep at the Guaymas Basin off the coast of Mexico. The methane-oxidizing consortia live underneath the whitish-yellow and orange-colored bacterial mats. Photo: Andreas Teske, Univ. of North Carolina (USA

Microorganisms produce elemental carbon

Oct 27, 2021

Carbon occurs on the Earth in a variety of structures and forms. Elemental Carbon is usually formed under conditions of high pressure and temperature. ...