News 2019

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Coldwater corals off Ireland in 720 meters of water. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

New EU research project focuses on Atlantic Ocean

Jun 18, 2019

Which factors influence how deep-sea ecosystems change? This question is the focus of the international project "iAtlantic" (Integrated Assessment of ...

Bathymetric compilation around the South Sandwich Island. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; P. Wintersteller

Hydrographic day at MARUM

Jun 14, 2019

Members of the Hydrographic Society will meet on June 18 and 19 at MARUM. Here the Hydrographic Day 2019 will take place. The participants will exchange ...

Open Campus

Jun 13, 2019

"Open Worlds - Share Knowledge" is this year’s motto for the Open Campus at the University of Bremen. It starts on Saturday, 15 June, at 2 pm. MARUM will ...

View of the METEOR working deck and the working area southeast of Montserrat. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Tsunami prediction: Research team investigates dynamics of volcanic flank collapses

May 13, 2019

An international team of researchers is currently investigating collapse events and their tsunami potential off the coast of the Caribbean island of ...

New pathway of methylotrophic methanogenesis found in Helgoland Mud Area, North Sea: The known pathway of methane formation from methanol is shown in blue, involving exclusive formation of methane (CH4) from methanol (CH3OH). The new pathway (labelled wit

New way of methane formation in the oceanfloor discovered

May 7, 2019

The warming of our atmosphere is driven by climate-relevant trace gases such as methane. Methane is produced, for example, in ocean sediments. Here, ...