05.07.2017

Young scientists discuss the future

NextGEN conference for PhD students of the Helmholtz Association takes place at GEOMAR

Autumn temperature change in the Arctic and on global scale (a) and Arctic vs. global warming rates (b). Sources: GEOMAR.
04.07.2017

Seasonality of Sea Ice Enhances Climate Warming in the Arctic

Largest changes are expected to happen already within the next decade

Reconstruction of solar insolation. yellow: old reconstruction: black: new reconstruction, grey shaded: observations. Source: GEOMAR.
03.07.2017

Improved Representation of Solar Variability in Climate Models

New reference data set for model intercomparison studies published

Visualization of the model Dr. Burwicz-Galerne used to simulate the development of the gas hydrate deposits in the Green Canyon. Graphic: Ewa Burwicz-Galerne
30.06.2017

Gas hydrate younger than previously thought

GEOMAR researcher awarded for complex computer models of the seafloor

The participants of the Mafnap_2017 conference. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR
28.06.2017

Marine Fungi – Talented source of new drugs from the sea?

Kiel welcomes the world’s leading marine fungal natural product experts

Since the December 2015, the GeoSEA network is measuring the tectonic strain off the coast of northern Chile in up to 5800 meters of water depth. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR
28.06.2017

Chile – a hub for geoscientific research

Partners of the Chilean Plate Boundary Observatory IPOC meet at GEOMAR

The Portuguese ambassador João António Da Costa Mira Gomes and GEOMAR director professor Peter Herzig in front of the ROV PHOCA. Photo: J. Steffen/GEOMAR
14.06.2017

Portugal strengthens Cooperation in Marine Research

The Portuguese ambassador in Germany visits GEOMAR

The new OSCM from a bird's-eye view. The building has been designed by architect Pedro Gregório Lopes. Behind the OSCM the INDP can be seen. Photo: Filipe Mandl
02.06.2017

Ocean Science Centre Mindelo just before scientific operation

Preparations for the scientific operation of GEOMAR research station started

Two crew members of cruise M116 take water samples with a so called CTD rosette. Photo: M. Visbeck, GEOMAR
19.05.2017

Iron deficiency restrains marine microbes

GEOMAR scientists discover important process in the nutrient cycles of the tropical North Atlantic.

A marbled spinefoot rabbitfish grazing on turf algae in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel. Photo: Erez Yeruham, IOLR
17.05.2017

'Trojan Fish': Invasive Rabbitfish Spread Invasive Species

International science team discovers new way for alien species to spread in Oceans