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Polysaccharide-degrading bacteria (green) on the diatom Chaetoceros sp. Photo: I. Bakenhus/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen

Follow-up funding for research into polysaccharides produced by algae

Dec 16, 2019

The research group "Proteogenomics of Marine Polysaccharide Degradation" (POMPU) is further funded by the German Research Foundation. In the research ...

New brochure: The future of sea levels

Dec 10, 2019

The ever faster rising sea levels are one reason why the international community has agreed on the Paris Convention. Its implementation is currently being ...

The research vessel METEOR is being loaded in the port of Mindelo for the expedition to the eddies. Photo: Arne Körtzinger/GEOMAR

In search of Ocean Eddies

Nov 25, 2019

As part of the Helmholtz Earth system observation programme MOSES, researchers are planning to investigate extremely low-oxygen eddies in the tropical ...

The participants learned how to control a so-called ROV in the simulator. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

ROV workshop

Nov 22, 2019

Eight participants have now deepened their theoretical and practical knowledge in the use of remotely operated vehicles in a workshop. The participants ...

New climate simulations show a sharp increase in extreme precipitation events during the last warm period 129,000-120,000 years ago. Similar climate changes are forecast for the future. Photo: flickr/Niccolò Ubalducci, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (https://creativecom

New study on precipitation in last interglacial published

Nov 21, 2019

The period from 129 to 120 thousand years ago, during the last interglacial period, may have been the last time the climate was warmer than it is today. ...