Media Releases 2022

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Warming of the upper ocean layers in the western tropical pacific and stronger winds have been linked to enhanced raining in east China. Graphic: Zhimin Jian

Ocean Heating Will Increase Rainfall in East Asia, Study Suggests

Oct 19, 2022

Upper ocean heating in the equatorial Pacific – a key oceanographic region in Earth’s climate system – is likely to make the East Asian monsoon season ...

Planktonic foraminifera are microorganisms that live in the uppermost water layers of all oceans. When they die, their small calcareous shells sink to the bottom of the ocean and remain there in the sediment. Such fossil foraminifera document the state of

The future of marine biodiversity under global warming

Oct 11, 2022

Human-induced climate change has already had a major impact on Earth's biodiversity. The habitat of many species – including those in the oceans – Is ...

A coral reef in Aqaba, Jordan. Photo: MARUM/T.Felis

Deciphering environmental data from corals

Oct 5, 2022

Rising sea surface temperatures threaten tropical coral reefs, as these ecosystems are sensitive to a changing environment. The Priority Programme ...

The new study highlights the importance of including regional climate variability in climate models. For example, in the high latitudes, solar radiation and ice extent played an important role in climate changes during the Holocene. A scientist stands in

The last 12,000 years show a more complex climate history than previously thought

Oct 4, 2022

We rely on climate models to predict the future, but models cannot be fully tested as climate observations rarely extend back more than 150 years. ...

The illustrative example of mass spectrometry imaging on sediment. Imaging is performed on 5 cm long sediment section spanning the period of ca. 175 years of sediment deposition. The heat map indicates the spatial distribution of an alkenone-based proxy f

First Temperature Record from the Last Interglacial in annual resolution

Sep 21, 2022

How do oceans respond to a warming world? From marine sediments deposited on the ocean floor, researchers can decipher the surface temperature of the ...