Illustration of a range of now-extinct megafauna that were present when humans first arrived in Australia (by Peter Trusler).
24.01.2017

Humans caused Megafauna extinction in Australia

International research team publishes new findings on environmental changes at the end of the Pleistocene

Simplified figure of todays global ocean overturning circulation. Surface currents in red, deep water masses in blue. The Central American landbridge, the Indonesian Throughflow and the Strait of Gibraltar (yellow rectangles) have a key function for the variability of the circulation pattern. The drill cores used in this study are marked with yellow dots. Map. NOAA:
24.01.2017

How the North Atlantic became a “heat pirate”

International research team unravels how seaways affect global climate

Research vessel METEOR. Photo: Hermann Bange, GEOMAR.
24.01.2017

Southern Italy: Earthquake hazard due to active plate boundary

International team of researchers publishes latest seafloor maps

[Translate to English:] Dorsch. Foto: I. Oelrichs.
06.01.2017

Questions about Gadus morhua or Cod?

FishBase, the world's largest information database, provides answers

The international team of scientist in fron the research vessel Maria S. Merian in Cape Town. Photo: private.
04.01.2017

Change of guard in the South Atlantic

Research vessel FS Maria S. Merian follows FS Meteor to South America