Press archive 2020

Cod larve. Photo: T. Reusch, GEOMAR.
14.10.2020

No offspring for cod and herring

Scientists alerted: Fish stocks in the western Baltic Sea threatened by collapse

Scientist in green coat in a clean room laboratory of GEOMAR
12.10.2020

New piece of the silicon-circle puzzle discovered

Samples from the Mariana Trench reveal sources for heavy silicon isotopes

Three scientists are sitting in a dark ship's laboratory in front of glowing screens.
08.10.2020

Discovering the ocean floor’s diversity

Geochemistry and data science start joint expedition to the North Atlantic - follow the expedition blog

Little particles floating in the water.
07.10.2020

It’s snowing plastic in the sea

GEOMAR study models how particles are transported into the deeper sea levels by the food web for the first time

Arctic Sea Ice
06.10.2020

Arctic sea ice: A look back into the future

New study reconstructs development in the last 10,000 years

Professor Katja Matthes
02.10.2020

"Our world is the ocean"

Professor Katja Matthes takes over the leadership of GEOMAR

Glass sponges (Hexactinellida) are mainly found in the deep sea. The glass sponge Vazella pourtalesi (colloquially "Russian hat") is found in large quantities on the continental shelf off Canada: Photo: Ellen Kenchington, DFO. The Aquatic Symbiosis project will be the first to produce genomes of glass sponges. Its microbial symbionts, on the other hand, are already well researched (Bayer, Busch et al., mSystems 2020).
23.09.2020

Symbioses in Aquatic Environments

International genome project tries to understand how aquatic species thrive together

Changes in sea surface temperature and precipitation in a climate change experiment in the tropical Atlantic region in a coarse (a, c) and high (b, d) resolution model. From Park and Latif, 2020.
22.09.2020

Improved models show stronger climate change signal in the tropical Atlantic

Comparative study of the GEOMAR illustrates dependence on model resolution

A Sea otter. Photo: J. Tomoleoni
11.09.2020

Sea otter protection could mitigate consequences of climate change

Limestone-dating at GEOMAR supports complex ecosystem study in Alaska

Asia as a Digital Earth simulation.
11.09.2020

Special Award for ‘Digital Earth’ at the ‘Digital Leader Awards’

Helmholtz project receives award for innovative geo and environmental research

 

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