Press archive 2020

Sampling of the fjord surface water with the research vessel POLARFUCHS. Photo: Jens Klimmeck/GEOMAR
28.05.2020

Rainwater flushes microplastics into the Kiel Fjord

First long-term study on microplastic distribution in surface water published

Shipping is the most important means of transport in international trade. Although ships produce fewer emissions per tonne of freight transported than trucks or freight trains, the extensive transport of goods by sea has far-reaching environmental consequences. The project ShipTRASE investigates the effects of global shipping on the ocean and society. Photo: Andreas Villwock
14.05.2020

Reduce ship emissions - but how?

Transdisciplinary research project investigates effects of shipping

Prof. Dr. Katja Matthes. Photo: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR
11.05.2020

Leadership Change at GEOMAR

Prof. Dr. Katja Matthes becomes the first Female Scientific Director of GEOMAR

Seagrass meadow in the Baltic Sea. This is not a population, but a clone. Photo Pekka Tuuri Using sea gr
11.05.2020

Clones - everything but identical

New study shows why asexual populations of plants or animals can thrive in nature

Sea Horse. Photo: S. Kaehlert, GEOMAR
13.04.2020

When fathers are pregnant

Immune system alteration identified as key process in the male pregnancy of pipefishes and seahorses

An alga of the genus Micromonas, for which the first transformation protocols are presented. Since Micromonas photosynthesizes with the chloroplast (shown here in green) and is very abundant in the ocean, it plays a role in the global carbon cycle. Photo: Tom Deerinck, Mark Ellisman, Alexandra Worden
06.04.2020

Tiny marine organisms as the key to global cycles

New ways to understand the functioning of marine phytoplankton

Using special nets, the team of expedition AL534/2 investigates the microplastic distribution off the coast of Western Europe. Photo: Expedition team AL534/2
30.03.2020

Where is the plastic in the ocean?

GEOMAR coordinates new JPI-Oceans project on the distribution of plastic waste in the ocean

Three-spined sticklebacks. Photo: M. Heckwolf, GEOMAR
29.03.2020

Epigenetic Inheritance: A silver bullet against climate change?

Researchers from QMUL and GEOMAR are studying the adaptive potential of fish

Schematisches Diagramm der Grundwasserbildung unter eiszeitlichen Bedingungen und heute.
13.03.2020

Fresh water below the sea floor

Extensive fresh water reservoir discovered off the coast of New Zealand

05.03.2020

New framework agreement on biodiversity protection

- Researchers warn: genetic diversity remains unconsidered -

 

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