Media Releases 2021

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Manganese nodule with a deep-sea sponge. Expedition SO242. Photo: ROV KIEL6000, GEOMAR

Assessing the Impacts of Nodule Mining on the Deep-Sea Environment

Apr 7, 2021

Joint press release of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Alfred-Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, ...

Expedition M 142 with the research vessel METEOR led researchers from MARUM and Kiel GEOMAR to the deep-sea fan of the Danube in the western Black Sea. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; M. Beims

In the deep sea, the last ice age is not yet over

Mar 30, 2021

Joint press release of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of ...

Seasonal blooms of tiny algae play an important role in marine carbon cycling. Now a new detail of the surrounding mysteries has been uncovered. © Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology / G. Reintjes

First the treats, then the tough stuff: Bacteria have a dining plan when degrading algal blooms

Mar 9, 2021

Each spring in the North Sea, tiny algae grow in large numbers and release loads of sugar into the water – a feast for bacteria. Scientists from the Max ...

Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Hehemann investigates the relevance of algae polysaccharides in marine cycles. His Marine Glycobiology working group is a joint group at both MARUM and MPI Bremen. Based on the group’s research, a new Glycobiochemistry group is being

Algal Sugar as Fiber for Good Digestion in the Ocean

Mar 5, 2021

Too many carbohydrates, especially the simple, sweet sugars, can make you fat. Complex sugars like fiber, on the other hand, are an important factor for ...

Silvia Vidal-Melgosa at the set up used for the sampling of particulate organic matter by sequential filtration of 100 litre of seawater at Helgoland. The picture shows the collection of one filter where organic matter (in this case matter with molecular

Sweet marine particles resist hungry bacteria

Feb 19, 2021

Rather sweet than salty: In the ocean microalgae produce a lot of sugar during algae blooms. These enormous quantities of algal biomass are normally ...