Archive 2024

A woman and two men walk along a jetty
17.09.2024

Minister-Presidents Hendrik Wüst and Daniel Günther visit GEOMAR

Lecture and discussion on the role of the ocean in the fight against climate change

 Two workers wearing red hard hats stand on board a research vessel while a piece of research equipment is hoisted on board
12.09.2024

In Search of the Origin of an Underwater Plateau

Expedition SO307 Investigates the Geology and Biology of the Madagascar Ridge

A group of summer-clad young people walk through the mud in the Wadden Sea, the sky is bright blue
06.09.2024

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Changing Ocean

“Diving into Change”: First Interdisciplinary FYORD Summer School

An older man with white hair and a full white beard looks friendly into the camera. High shelves with blue labelled boxes can be seen in the background.
04.09.2024

Mourning the loss of Professor Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

Renowned volcanologist and Leibniz prize winner dies at 86

A silvery shimmering school of fish under water fills the entire picture.
22.08.2024

Fisheries Research Overestimates Fish Stocks

GEOMAR Expert Calls for More Realistic Stock Assessments

An island in the sea, the sea is very blue and so is the sky
23.07.2024

Diving deeper for richer prey?

METEOR expedition M202 investigates the ecology of prey to better understand hunting behaviour of toothed whales in the Atlantic

The oxygen optode sensors were extensively tested in the laboratory and in the field, as here during a mooring deployment.
22.07.2024

A new source of oxygen in the deep sea?

Research supported by GEOMAR questions the origins of life and calls for further research on oxygen production in the deep sea

Marine litter on the north-west coast of Sørkappland, Svalbard.
18.07.2024

Climate Change and Pollution Affecting Life in the Arctic

ICEBERG Project Collaborates with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Ice floes on blue water in a fjord. Mountains in the background.
16.07.2024

Expedition investigates the effects of climate change off Greenland

MERIAN expedition MSM130 investigates meltwater runoff from Greenland glaciers, the loss of Arctic sea ice and the interfaces of ice, ocean and atmosphere off the east coast of Greenland

Meer und Himmel nach dem Sonnenuntergang
15.07.2024

Loss of oxygen in bodies of water identified as new tipping point

Current study involving GEOMAR calls for aquatic oxygen loss to be recognised as another Planetary Boundary