The transpolardrift connects the Arctic shelf seas with the Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland. German and Russian researchers intend to jointly investigate the effects of climate change on this system. Graphics: GEOMAR
26.08.2013

On the Trail of Climate Change in the Arctic

New German-Russian research project starts with the first expeditions to the Arctic Ocean

23.08.2013

Training the Next SFB Generation


SFB 754 holds two-week summer school in Kristineberg, Sweden, for doctoral and post-doctoral students 


Observed and predicted temperature changes in the Pacific during the 90ies. Graphics: C. Kersten, GEOMAR.
22.08.2013

The Potential for Successful Climate Predictions!

Hindcast experiments capture long-term climate fluctuations

Cast off! Research vessel ALKOR left the Kiel Fjord last week. Photo: J. Steffen, GEOMAR
20.08.2013

Life-Limiting Nutrients

R/V ALKOR starts a four-week expedition to the Baltic Sea

02.08.2013

Decoding Material Fluxes in the Tropical Ocean

Turbulent processes provide important contribution to oxygen supply

19.07.2013

Parade of Research Vessels on Kiel Fjord

ALKOR and POSEIDON in their home port Kiel

17.07.2013

Barium Isotopes – a Path into the Past

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports research stay of Dr. Zhimian Cao at GEOMAR

16.07.2013

A journey into the future ocean

Five-months long experiment on the effects of ocean acidification successfully completed

"Movie Star" Anneke plays a mermaid in the Summer School movie on nutrient turnover in the ocean. Photo: J. Dengg
08.07.2013

Little Mermaids and Sand-Drawn Images

Students produce films on oxygen minimum zones as part of GEOMAR’s Summer School

The crater of the Indonesian volcano Tombora (diameter about 7 km). Its eruption turned 1815 in to a "year without a summer" in Europe. The sulfate traces it left behind in the Greenland and Antarctic ice, served as a comparison for the current model study. Photo: NASA
05.07.2013

Improved interpretation of volcanic traces in ice

EOMAR researchers are modeling the global distribution of sulfur particles following large eruptions