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The RD2 within the research strategy - from the ocean to the atmosphere

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The RD2 Mission

The Research Division Marine Biogeochemistry studies interactions between sediment, oceanic, and atmospheric material reservoirs and the organisms including humans which impacts marine biogeochemical processes addressing the following overreaching research questions:

What are the impacts of climate change on marine biogeochemistry including feedbacks?
How do changes in marine communities alter biogeochemical processes?
What are the natural drivers of CO₂ uptake and sequestration and what are options for enhancing marine CO₂ removal?
How do human use and misuse of the ocean affect marine biogeochemistry and what are the options for remediation?

The scientific research of the four research units are embedded in the research program 'Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future', here mainly in topic 6, and the GEOMAR 2030 strategy with its Core Themes and Integrative Research Foci (IRFs).

The RD2 Core Areas: 4 Research Units

Biological Oceanography

Click here to see the Biological Oceanography's websites.

Biogeochemical Modelling

Click here to see the Biogeochemical Modelling's websites.

Chemical Oceanography

Click here to see the Chemical Oceanography's websites.

Marine Geosystem

Click here to see the Marine Geosystem's websites.

RD2 News

A dead fish lies at the beach

05.05.2025

Artificial oxygen supply in coastal waters: A hope with risks

Researchers warn: Technical measures are no substitute for reducing nutrients and protecting the climate

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30.04.2025

Looking into the Past to Understand the Climate Future

Prof. Dr Ying Cui is a Humboldt Fellow at GEOMAR

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Ship at sea

24.04.2025

Trawling-induced sediment resuspension reduces CO2 uptake

GEOMAR study investigates the impact of sediment resuspension induced by trawling and other natural processes in Kiel Bight

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Marine Biogeochemistry

Head of the Research Division 2
Marine Biogeochemistry (RD2)
Prof. Dr. Anja Engel
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre
for Ocean Research Kiel
Seefischmarkt / building 5
Wischhofstrasse 1 - 3
24148 Kiel / Germany
Phone: +49 (0)431 600-1510
email: aengel(at)geomar.de
Administrative Assistant/
Office Manager (RD2)
Silvana Gagliardi
Phone: +49 (0)431 600-4445
email: office-fb2(at)geomar.de
Scientific Coordinator (RD2)
Daniela Henkel
Phone: +49 (0)431 600-2111
email: office-fb2(at)geomar.de
Here you can find the GEOMAR expeditions.
Click here to see our projects.
Publications of the Research Division 2
RD2 seminar
03/2024: Evaluation of RD2 by the Scientific Advisory Board
11/2023: ERC Consolidator Grant for Dr. Jan Taucher

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Our World is the Ocean

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