Marine litter on the north-west coast of Sørkappland, Svalbard.
18.07.2024
ICEBERG Project Collaborates with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Ice floes on blue water in a fjord. Mountains in the background.
16.07.2024
MERIAN expedition MSM130 investigates meltwater runoff from Greenland glaciers, the loss of Arctic sea ice and the interfaces of ice, ocean and…
Meer und Himmel nach dem Sonnenuntergang
15.07.2024
Current study involving GEOMAR calls for aquatic oxygen loss to be recognised as another Planetary Boundary
Plankton
09.07.2024
Research network DynaSym investigates relationships in plankton communities

News

Fish farming
29.11.2022

Aquaculture is not the solution to overfishing

Study shows that aquaculture production of fish has already passed its peak

Dye in the water
25.11.2022

Greening the ocean to combat climate change

Wave-driven upwelling pump deployed south of the Canary Islands

Satellite image of the Middle East.
16.11.2022

Understanding our impacts on the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf

Trilateral collaboration between universities and research institutes in Israel, United Arab Emirates and Germany agreed at COP27

Congratulating on the Excellence Professorship were (from left to right) Dr. h. c. Klaus-Jürgen Wichmann (Petersen Foundation), GEOMAR Director Professor Dr. Katja Matthes and (from right to left) Dr. Christian Zöllner (Petersen Foundation) and GEOMAR Professor Dr. Mojib Latif. The recipient of the Excellence Professorship, Dr. Friederike Otto, is in the middle. Photo: Sarah Kaehlert/GEOMAR
14.11.2022

Petersen Excellence Professorship for internationally renowned climate scientist

Dr. Frederike Otto is honored at the anniversary event marking the 25th anniversary of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation

Brittle stars on polymetallic nodules.
10.11.2022

Researching the environmental impacts of deep-seabed mining

The MiningImpact project has started its expedition SO295 investigating the environmental effects of polymetallic nodule mining on the abyssal seabed.

Launching a sediment trap on a ship expedition
28.10.2022

Hitching a ride to the deep sea

First in-situ measurements of microplastic fluxes help answer “missing plastic” question

glass sponge
26.10.2022

Deep-sea sponge grounds explored on a large scale

Study led by GEOMAR shows that looking at larger ecological contexts is important when studying sponge microbiomes.

24.10.2022

Achieving climate neutrality and the goals of the Paris Agreement

OceanNETs and CDRmare discussion at the European Parliament and Online

Scientific Advisory Board
07.10.2022

Scientific Advisory Board of GEOMAR meets in Kiel

The focus of this year's meeting was mainly on the GEOMAR 2030 Strategy and the exchange with scientists

Award winners and supervisors
29.09.2022

Otto Krümmel Award 2021 honors outstanding bachelor theses

Due to the Corona pandemic, the award was conferred in fall 2022, in a live-reception at GEOMAR.