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Science in a pub

Feb 28, 2020

Due to the current situation all further events of the spring series are cancelled. Some of the lectures will be made up for in autumn, as of now between ...

Florence Schubotz of MARUM talks about Black Smokers in the deep sea. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Third Ocean Day in Bremen

Feb 25, 2020

The Bremen Ocean Day, organized by the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the University of Bremen, allows 500 students to immerse themselves ...

On board the ALKOR new technology components are tested. Photo: Marc Petrikowski

Technology tests off the coast of southern France

Feb 21, 2020

The canyon in front of St. Tropez in southern France is the destination of an expedition with the research vessel ALKOR. The cruise, led by Prof. Ralf ...

Oil bubbles that seep into the water column on the oceanfloor form a natural oil slick on the water surface. Photo: Ian MacDonald

Record depth for hydrocarbon seeps from the oceanfloor

Feb 4, 2020

Naturally formed oil and methane from the oceanfloor seeps upward into the water column at many points in the sea and partially reaches the water surface. ...

Richard D. Norris with the drill core obtained on IODP expedition 342 showing the K-Pg boundary Photo: IODP

Asteroid instead of vulcanic eruptions

Jan 17, 2020

What triggered the latest of five mass extinction events - an asteroid impact or a series of volcanic eruptions? The scientific community has been dealing ...