Archive 2021

Preparation of samples for isotope investigation in the GEOMAR laboratories. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR.
26.03.2021

How the sea level influences the global carbon cycle

Isotope measurements in Kiel provide new insights into carbonate deposits on the sea floor

Ocean surface and sun at the equator. Photo: Sunke Schmidtko/GEOMAR
24.03.2021

The gate between the deep ocean and the atmosphere is becoming more impermeable

Nature study shows increasing thickness of the ocean surface mixed layer

The scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution during IODP Expedition 351 in the Philippine Sea. Foto: Bill Crawford/IODP.
19.03.2021

Unique rocks provide new insights into Earth’s history

Scientists discover a unique type of oceanic basalts at the Izu-Bonin island arc

A man and a woman in work clothes stand at the stern of a ship and hold a scientific instrument in their hands. Glaciers can be seen in the background.  Photo: Bo Barker Jørgensen
18.03.2021

Sediments are Nutrient Mediators in Arctic Fjords

Study shows complex interplay between glaciers and the seabed in Svalbard

Map of the Atlantis II Fracture Zone
17.03.2021

A new view on plate tectonics

Nature study finds transform faults play active role in shaping ocean floors

Screenshot video conference GAME 2021
15.03.2021

International research and training programme starts virtually

Despite pandemic, the GAME network gains a new partner country

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08.03.2021

Happy International Womens Day 2021!

We asked colleagues: Why is it great to work in science? And why do we need more women in science? See the answers in the video

[Translate to English:] Screenshot Video-Konferent WEB
08.03.2021

New leadership at the Women's Executive Board of GEOMAR

On International Women's Day, Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner and Dr. Christa Marandino present the future of the WEB

Johanna Jöhnk (front right) and Sven Sturm (back) in the workshop of the GEOMAR Technology and Logistics Centre.
03.03.2021

On the off-chance to become the best precision mechanic apprentice

Trainees at the Technology and Logistics Centre finish their training with very good marks

View of the stormy Drake Passage from the British research vessel RRS JAMES CLARK ROSS
09.02.2021

New factor in the carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean identified

GEOMAR scientists show that besides iron, manganese can also limit the growth of photosynthesis-performing plankton