Archive 2021

Authors of the study. Dr Erik  Borchert and Dr Peter Deines. Photo: Dr Lucía Pita Galán/GEOMAR
20.04.2021

Harnessing the power of microbial communities for plastic degradation

Researchers propose new approach in the search for biological plastic degradation

The Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) at 23°W. EUC transport anomaly (thin line: monthly data and thick line: 270-day low pass filtered; dashed line and shading: ten-year trend August 2008 to July 2018 with 95% confidence interval). Graphic: C. Kersten, GEOMAR.
19.04.2021

Fluctuations in ocean currents modulate oxygen content at the equator

Long-term observations reveal complex interrelationships

Vertical section of zonally averaged oxygen changes in the simulation with historical CO2 emissions and zero emissions from 1 January 2021 onwards. Left: Year 2020 relative to 1800. Right: Year 2650 relative to 2020. Graphics: C. Kersten, modified from A. Oschlies, 2021, GEOMAR.
16.04.2021

Long-term consequences of CO2 emissions

Oxygen in the ocean will continue to decrease for many centuries

Sea star in seagrass meadow in Kiel Fjord, German Baltic Sea. Photo: Tadhg O Corcora.
14.04.2021

Carbon-Hotspots in the Baltic Sea

How seagrass can help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Jörn Thiede. Source: private
14.04.2021

Happy Birthday, Jörn Thiede!

Co-founder of German polar and marine research celebrates his 80th birthday

Erlenmeyer flask with turbid liquid
12.04.2021

Microplastics hardly affect blue mussels

Unique long-term experiment shows only few effects of artificial particles on filter feeders

Manganese nodule with a deep-sea sponge. Expedition SO242. Photo: ROV KIEL6000, GEOMAR.
06.04.2021

Assessing the Impacts of Nodule Mining on the Deep-Sea Environment

European Consortium monitors first in situ test of a pre-prototype collector vehicle in the Pacific

A comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi. Photo: Cornelia Jaspers /GEOMAR/DTU Aqua
01.04.2021

Aquatic invasive species cause damage worth billions of dollars

First global study on economic costs of aquatic invasive species published

The deep-sea squid Liocranchia reinhardti lives in shallow waters when young and dives into deeper waters as it matures. This squid species is a known prey species of Cuvier's beaked whales. Photo by Solvin Zankl.
31.03.2021

Whales dive deep for profitable prey

Reconstruction of deep-sea squid communities reveals profitable hunting zones for extreme-diving whales 

Drill cores from the MARUM-Mebo200 are recovered on deck of the RV METEOR. Photo: Christian Rohleder.
30.03.2021

In the deep sea, the last ice age is not yet over

Gas hydrate deposits in the Black Sea react to post-glacial climate changes