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Brown algae are particularly widespread on rocky shores in temperate and cold latitudes and there absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air worldwide. Photo: Hagen Buck-Wiese/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Slime for the climate, delivered by brown algae

Dec 26, 2022

Brown algae take up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and release parts of the carbon contained therein back into the environment in mucous ...

A MARUM expedition led researchers to Disko Bay in Greenland in the fall of 2022. The National Committee for Polar Research plans and coordinates the polar activities of German universities. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Univer

DFG appoints Monika Rhein as Chair of the National Committee for Polar Research

Dec 15, 2022

The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG) has reappointed MARUM's deputy director, Prof. Dr. Monika Rhein, as chair of the ...

The visitors from NSF and DFG took the opportunity and also toured the dry construction site of the new Center for Deep-Sea Research, which is being built in the direct vicinity of MARUM. There will be another reefer hall for drill cores. They were accomp

Research funders visit MARUM

Dec 8, 2022

More than 164 kilometers of deep-sea cores retrieved during the scientific ocean drilling programs, currently IODP, from 97 expeditions are currently ...

After the test dive, the remotely operated vehicle MARUM-SQUID returns to the surface. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

ROV Workshop

Nov 24, 2022

Dives with remotely operated vehicles (ROV) are technically very demanding. At the same time, pilots must also be able to meet the requirements of the ...

No topping-out ceremony without a topping-out crown: For the important intermediate step, the following met at the future Center for Deep-Sea Research (from left): Professor Michal Kucera (Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer), MARUM Director Professor M

Topping-out ceremony at the University’s Center for Deep-Sea Research

Nov 14, 2022

About a year after construction work began, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated at the Center for Deep-Sea Research (ZfT). Situated next to the MARUM – ...