Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

Media Releases 2024

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Submitted: With the continuation application of the Cluster of Excellence ‘The Ocean Floor - Earth's Uncharted Interface’, the competences of the University of Oldenburg and the University of Bremen in the field of marine sciences are to be bundled in the future. Photo: MARUM – Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences; University of Bremen

Aug 22, 2024

University of Bremen enters the race for excellence with two applications

Next step in the competition for excellence: The University of Bremen has submitted a full application and a continuation application as part of the ...

Yunru Chen sets up incubations in the lab to further study the interactions among iron minerals, organic matter and microorganisms in marine sediments. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; Y. Chen

Aug 19, 2024

Preservation of organic carbon in the ocean floor

The preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments has long been a key question remaining unclear in understanding the long-term carbon cycling on ...

Organic and inorganic particles that sink from the ocean surface into the deep sea are also known as marine snow. Many environmental parameters are stored in them, which can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past, among other things. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Jul 31, 2024

What’s the weather like in the deep sea?

A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the seasons, and that ...

Diving for science: The diving community is in the spotlight of a new research project that, with the help of divers, aims to collect and analyze continuous temperature data in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; C. Galerne

Jul 11, 2024

Researching Heat Waves in the Mediterranean with the Diving Community

Headlines in early summer 2024: Surface water temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea are significantly higher than the values from the previous year. ...

Rendered image of the MARUM-MeBo70 landing on the seafloor of the Amundsen Sea. Graphics: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; M. Künsting

Jul 4, 2024

The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

For the first time, the recovery of unique geological samples combined with sophisticated modelling provides surprising insights into when and where ...

The temperature measurement at the outflow opening of the black smoker revealed fluid temperatures greater than 300°C. In addition to this active smoker, numerous different types of vent emissions were identified in the newly discovered Jøtul hydrothermal field. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen.

Jun 28, 2024

Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard

Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields still to be ...

Where the trade winds from the northern and southern hemispheres meet, there is heavy cloud formation and heavy precipitation. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; M. Mohtadi

Jun 27, 2024

New publication on the reconstruction of the intertropical convergence zone

Statements about the climate of past times are often based on reconstructions using various parameters. The validity of these reconstructions depends ...

Ph.D. candidate Phuong Luong working and the Automated Glycan Assembly Synthesizer. Photo: MPICI

Jun 26, 2024

Making Sugars in the Lab to Understand How Algae Capture Carbon

Fucoidan, a sugar released by algae, can trap carbon dioxide (CO2) for centuries but remains poorly understood due to its complex and diverse molecular ...