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Close to the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, there is apparently a hotspot that has been active for 130 million years. Photo: Wolfram Geißler, AWI

Magmatic hotspot in the South Atlantic

Sep 11, 2020

Island chains like Hawaii are situated above so-called hotspots, where hot magma flows upward continuously over long time periods. It has been much ...

Prof. Gerhard Borhmann receives the Gustav Steinmann Medal. Photo: Holger von Neuhoff

Gustav Steinmann Medal for Gerhard Bohrmann

Sep 8, 2020

Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann is awarded the Gustav Steinmann Medal by the German Geological Society - Geological Association (DGGV). The medal is the oldest ...

Areas that are difficult to access - whether in space or in the deep sea - are the location for the autonomous system to be developed. Graphic: Christoph Waldmann

Joint project develops small autonomous systems

Sep 7, 2020

In order to explore places inaccessible to ships, marine researchers need new technical approaches that use methods of artificial intelligence. Ice-covered ...

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs of MARUM receives the Alfred Treibs Medal. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

Alfred Treibs Medal for Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

Aug 25, 2020

For his achievements in organic geochemistry, Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs of MARUM receives the Alfred Treibs Medal 2020. The medal is awarded by the ...

The MARUM Overview Sonar after one year on the seafloor. Dense biofouling has built up on the instrument. The instrument is being recovered for maintenance. Photo: OOI/WHOI/NSF

Maintenance of observatory

Aug 24, 2020

Off the west coast of the USA, sonar devices developed at MARUM have been in operation for over two years. They are part of the underwater observatory ...