09.08.2016

Rising water temperatures and acidification affect important plankton organism

First laboratory study reveals effects of two environmental factors on copepods

08.08.2016

Double whammy for important Baltic seaweed

Environmental impacts must be considered in combination

04.08.2016

Looking back into the future: Are corals able to resist a declining pH?

Samples from reefs at natural carbon dioxide vents facilitate predictions

Lead author Dr. Corinna Breusing in the climate chamber with deep-sea mussels  Bathymodiolus azoricus. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR
03.08.2016

Phantom Habitats in the Deep-Sea

International group of researchers identifies connections between ecosystems at “black smokers”

Schematic diagram of a subduction zone. Graphics: C. Kersten, GEOMAR.
01.08.2016

The search for the earthquake nucleus

Are calcareous sediments weak points in seismogenic zones?

19.07.2016

Looking ahead by reading climate records from caves

Dripstones reveal how meltwater from the ice sheets disturbed the climate in north-western Africa and north-western Europe 10,000 years ago

14.07.2016

Calcification – does it pay off in the future ocean?

An international research team has calculated the costs and benefits of calcification for phytoplankton and the impact of climate change on their important role in the world’s oceans.

11.07.2016

Ocean acidification – the limits of adaptation

World’s longest laboratory experiment with the single-celled calcifying alga Emiliania huxleyi reveals that evolutionary adaptation to acidification is restricted

Participants of the 2nd annual project meeting. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR
30.06.2016

Experts on the Atlantic Meet in Kiel

160 participants at the second annual meeting of the European project AtlantOS

Snapshot of the current velocities and sea ice distribution in the high-resolution ocean model. The image illustrates how turbulent the Gulf Stream and the eddies in the sea areas around Greenland are. Graphic: ocean modeling group GEOMAR
20.06.2016

Breathing space for the Gulf Stream

Scientists calculate the fate of the Greenland meltwater