Media Releases 2022

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The temperature measurement in the outflow opening of the black smoker showed that the fluids are more than 300°C hot. In addition to this active smoker, numerous vents of varying characteristics have been found in the newly discovered Jøtul hydrothermal

New hydrothermal field discovered by MARUM expedition

Aug 19, 2022

Hot springs occur worldwide at spreading ridges of the Earth’s plates. On the 500 kilometer long Knipovich Ridge, located between Greenland and ...

White microbial mats settled on the asphalt pieces in artificial seawater after only a few days. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; J. Brünjes

Laboratory experiment identifies asphalt as a source for non-degradable carbon and sulfur compounds in the ocean

Jul 28, 2022

When oil is released into the sea, it is not always the result of an oil spill. There are naturally occurring hydrocarbon seeps on the oceanfloor where ...

The research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN leaving the harbor of St. John’s (Canada). As a participant on Expedition MSM 39 (2014), Lars Max, along with other researchers, obtained the sample material for this study. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmenta

Hot on the trail of the causes of rapid ice sheet instabilities in climate history

Jul 26, 2022

Extreme cooling events during the last glacial, known as Heinrich Events in the North Atlantic, are a good example of how local processes change the global ...

Research vessel FS MARIA S. MERIAN in the North Atlantic. Photo: Jan-Richard Heinecke

1.1 million Euro for the University of Bremen in the new EU project EPOC

Jul 4, 2022

What role does the meridional overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean (AMOC) play in our climate? Is the AMOC really a continuous conveyor belt for ...

Exhibition at the Hafenmuseum Speicher XI: Students present ideas on sustainable living. Photo: MARUM/ Sophia Landzettel

Exhibition at the Hafenmuseum: Building and Living in the Climate of the Future

Jun 14, 2022

In the Hafenmuseum Speicher XI, students present their ideas for future climate-friendly living. Self-constructed and designed sustainability houses are on ...