Mission Statement

MARUM pro­duces fun­da­mental sci­entific know­ledge about the role of the ocean and the ocean floor in the total Earth sys­tem. The dy­nam­ics of the ocean and the ocean floor sig­ni­fic­antly im­pact the en­tire Earth sys­tem through the in­ter­ac­tion of geo­lo­gical, phys­ical, bio­lo­gical and chem­ical pro­cesses. These in­flu­ence both the cli­mate and the global car­bon cycle, and cre­ate unique bio­lo­gical sys­tems.

MARUM is com­mit­ted to fun­da­mental and un­biased re­search in the in­terests of so­ci­ety and the mar­ine en­vir­on­ment, and in ac­cord­ance with the Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment Goals of the United Na­tions. It pub­lishes its qual­ity-as­sured sci­entific data and makes it pub­licly avail­able. MARUM in­forms the pub­lic about new dis­cov­er­ies in the mar­ine en­vir­on­ment and provides prac­tical know­ledge through its dia­logue with so­ci­ety. MARUM co­oper­ates with com­mer­cial and in­dus­trial part­ners in ac­cord­ance with its goal of pro­tect­ing the mar­ine en­vir­on­ment.