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The participants of the Status Conference Research Vessels 2024 at the University of Bremen. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp
The participants of the Status Conference Research Vessels 2024 at the University of Bremen. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp
05.03.2024

Spotlight on Over 100 Expeditions at the University of Bremen: Marine Researchers Marine researchers meet to discuss research expeditions

From March 5 to 6, the University of Bremen will host the Status Conference Research Vessels. In 80 lectures from 108 trips, scientists will present the ...

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After a discussion round, there was a lively exchange with the guests in the audience. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V.Diekamp
After a discussion round, there was a lively exchange with the guests in the audience. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V.Diekamp
23.02.2024

"MARUM im Dialog" successfully launched

The new event format „Blickpunkt Meer – MARUM im Dialog“  ("Focus on the Sea - MARUM in Dialogue") has now been successfully launched with an event on the ...

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Theater in Pompeii. In its heyday, the Roman Empire was one of the most densely populated regions. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; K. Zonneveld
Theater in Pompeii. In its heyday, the Roman Empire was one of the most densely populated regions. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; K. Zonneveld
02.02.2024

Did climate change trigger pandemics in antiquity?

Samples from the ocean floor provide the first high-resolution regional climate record and prove a link to pandemics

Is there a link between climate change and pandemics? In a recently published study, researchers from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and ...

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During IODP Expedition 389 scientists are onboard the multipurpose vessel MMA VALOUR. Photo: MMA Offshore
During IODP Expedition 389 scientists are onboard the multipurpose vessel MMA VALOUR. Photo: MMA Offshore
31.08.2023

Fossil coral reefs as a window into the past and future

Start of an international expedition off the coast of Hawai’i

A look back at environmental change throughout geologic history can tell us a lot about the future – especially when it comes to globally and societally ...

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As part of its research, MARUM deploys submersible vehicles to take samples of the ocean floor. This is the MARUM-QUEST diving in the Atlantic. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Research, University of Bremen.
As part of its research, MARUM deploys submersible vehicles to take samples of the ocean floor. This is the MARUM-QUEST diving in the Atlantic. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Research, University of Bremen.
12.07.2023

Life on the Ocean Floor

New interactive exhibition “3,688 Meters Below Sea Level” in the House of Science

The diverse impacts of the climate crisis pose global challenges that present marine researchers with new tasks of immense societal importance. The ocean ...

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MARIA S. MERIAN on course for the Rio Grande Rise

The German research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN will set sail from Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 3, 2023, ...

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Altered ocean circulation in the Indian Ocean could lead to more and stronger flood events in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean and drought and dry periods in the western part of the Indian Ocean. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
Altered ocean circulation in the Indian Ocean could lead to more and stronger flood events in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean and drought and dry periods in the western part of the Indian Ocean. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; M. Mohtadi
05.01.2023

Changing ocean circulation intensifies extreme events in the Indian Ocean

Dry regions experience more drought events, wet regions more precipitation: In a new study, researchers from the U.S., Germany and China have investigated ...

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For the study, the team used data collected by the IODP drilling program and its predecessors over more than 50 years. For this, marine sediments from 81 sites were analyzed to calculate organic carbon deposition rates. Graphic: Mark Torres, Rice Universi
For the study, the team used data collected by the IODP drilling program and its predecessors over more than 50 years. For this, marine sediments from 81 sites were analyzed to calculate organic carbon deposition rates. Graphic: Mark Torres, Rice University
04.01.2023

New method helps understand the global organic carbon cycle

Researchers from the USA, the UK and Bremen have used a new method to calculate the rate at which organic carbon was sequestered in marine sediments during ...

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It is not only directly on the water, as here on Hudson Bay, that the ocean influences. A new study shows that in addition to man-made global warming, regional variations are also to be expected. Photo: Ulrike Herzschuh
It is not only directly on the water, as here on Hudson Bay, that the ocean influences. A new study shows that in addition to man-made global warming, regional variations are also to be expected. Photo: Ulrike Herzschuh
Nov 3, 2022

How the ocean affects climate on land

For the first time, researchers have drawn a map showing how much regional temperature has fluctuated over the past 8000 years

Climate on land appears to be much more variable than currently simulated in climate models. The reason for this is the oceanic influence, which shapes the ...

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The research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN in the port of Reykjavik. The MARUM expedition now starting will go to Baffin Bay. Photo: MARUM, Uni Bremen; V. Diekamp
The research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN in the port of Reykjavik. The MARUM expedition now starting will go to Baffin Bay. Photo: MARUM, Uni Bremen; V. Diekamp
Sep 2, 2022

MARIA S. MERIAN on course for Baffin Bay

The research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN sets sail on September 2. Her destination on expedition MSM 111 is the Baffin Bay, located between Greenland and ...

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On Wednesday evening, the so-called Icebreaker took place in the MARUM foyer, where participants exchanged ideas in a relaxed atmosphere. Photo: MARUM/Prange
On Wednesday evening, the so-called Icebreaker took place in the MARUM foyer, where participants exchanged ideas in a relaxed atmosphere. Photo: MARUM/Prange
Nov 9, 2022

Annual Meeting of the TMS at MARUM

MARUM will host the annual meeting of the Micropaleontological Society (TMS) between November 9 and 11. The venue is MARUM - Center for Marine ...

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Aug 11, 2021

New study on changing sea levels

A new study of shorelines in the Bahamas may change estimates of past sea levels. Here, some of the authors survey coastal rocks on the archipelago’s Crooked Island formed when sea levels were higher. Photo: Blake Dyer
A new study of shorelines in the Bahamas may change estimates of past sea levels. Here, some of the authors survey coastal rocks on the archipelago’s Crooked Island formed when sea levels were higher. Photo: Blake Dyer

One of the current mysteries of climate science surrounds the widely accepted evidence that during the planet’s most recent past natural warm perio...

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May 27, 2021

Phytoplankton contributes to CO2 reduction

Sub-sampling of core sediments collected from the ocean floor for microscopic studies. Because the organisms that are being investigated are very tiny, a “toothpick” sample is usually enough for this kind of analysis. Photo: Nina Rooks Cast
Sub-sampling of core sediments collected from the ocean floor for microscopic studies. Because the organisms that are being investigated are very tiny, a “toothpick” sample is usually enough for this kind of analysis. Photo: Nina Rooks Cast

A study of marine sediments from the Indian Ocean highlights the key role of marine phytoplankton in the global carbon cycle. Dr. Deborah Tangunan,...

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Jun 24, 2021

Antarctic Circumpolar Current Flows More Rapidly in Warm Phases

The German research vessel Polarstern in heavy seas in the Drake Passage. Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Thomas Ronge
The German research vessel Polarstern in heavy seas in the Drake Passage. Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Thomas Ronge

 

Our planet’s strongest ocean current, which circulates around Antarctica, plays a major role in determining the transport of heat, salt and nutr...

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