Press Releases

Press releases

Below you find current press releases of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Reseach Kiel. Older press releases of GEOMAR and the predecessor IFM-GEOMAR you find on the archive pages of the the years 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

Current press releases

Schematic diagram of the workflow from the discovery of a marine substance to the development of a new drug. From Sigward et al.

13.01.2021

Call for action to explore marine biological resources for discovery of new medicines

International team appeals for long-term financial support and strategy to study the potential of marine organisms as life-saving pharmaceuticals

Groundwater seepage during a spring tide at Wailupe Beach Park beach on Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Photo: Jenny Bernier.

13.01.2021

Groundwater influences the chemistry of the ocean

Study corrects previous view about element transport into the sea

World map with different sized blue circles along all continental margins. The blue circles indicate offshore groundwater deposits.

13.01.2021

Will drinking water soon come from the seabed?

New overview study shows potential of global offshore groundwater resources

Commercial trawling (left) and catches of elasmobranch (right) outside and inside of protected areas. Graphics: M. Dureuil, Dalhousie Univ.

20.12.2018

Marine Protected Areas not safe

Bottom trawling endangers many species

On the last day of the OceanDeoxygenation conference, Prof. Dr. Andreas Oschlies, spokesperson of the SFB754, presents the 'Kiel Declaration'. Photo: Waldimir Haase/GEOMAR

07.09.2018

Urgent appeal for more marine and climate protection

Marine scientists publish "Kiel Declaration"

Typhlocaris ayyaloni. Photo: Sasson Tiram.

23.07.2018

Solving the cave shrimp mystery: geology and evolution in action

A new study found genetic link between rare cave shrimps in Israel and Italy

[Translate to English:] Konzeptionelles Diagramm der Datenintegration in DigitalEarth. Quelle: GEOMAR.

18.07.2018

Data floods our Earth

New project "Digital Earth" aims to better structure research data

Global maps of species richness (left) and speciation rate (right). After Rabosky et al., 2018).

05.07.2018

A cold paradox:

Not warm coral reefs but icy polar seas are centres of species formation for marine fishes

The path of an active marine into a practical product is widely . The ALLIANCE project therefore combines various actors from basic research to industry. Photo : Leila Ivarsson

02.03.2016

An ALLIANCE for Innovative Marine Bioproducts

Interreg-BSR project Baltic Blue Biotechnology ALLIANCE started with Kick-off Meeting at GEOMAR

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
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