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Can cold-water corals adapt to climate change?

07.02.2012/Kiel. Are cold-water corals able to withstand ocean acidification? A long-term experiment carried out at the German Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) showed, that the species Lophelia pertusa continues growth when exposed to ocean acidification. This unexpected finding is ...

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The German research vessel METEOR. Photo: H.v.Neuhoff, GEOMAR

How dangerous is the Adriatic Sea?

January 17, 2012/Kiel. Onboard the RV METEOR Geophysicists from Kiel together with partners from Germany, Albania, Croatia, Italy and Montenegro are conducting the first fundamental examination of the lithosphere below the southern Adriatic Sea. The aim of the expedition is to improve the risk asses...

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GEOMAR Director, Prof. P. Herzig (2.r.) with the chair of the Board of Trustees, Min. Dirig. Dr. E. Huthmacher (BMBF), Secretary of State Dr. C. Andreßen (State S.-H.) and the President of the  Helmholtz Association, Prof. J. Mlynek (from left). Photo: J. Steffen, GEOMAR.

Marine Research in Kiel is heading towards new shores

January 5, 2012 / Kiel, Germany. On January 1, 2012 the former Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) converted into GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel due to the transition of the institute into the Helmholtz Association. The change provides challenges and opportunities to...

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Prof. Dr. Ulf Riebesell. picture: Mona Botros

Leibniz Prize awarded to Ulf Riebesell

08.12.2011/Kiel. Prof. Dr. Ulf Riebesell from the GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel was honoured with the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation. For his research on the effects of global change on marine ecosystems Riebesell receives one of the most valuable scientific priz...

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Measuring Point Institute

Air temperature: 6,7°C
Water temperature: 1,2°C
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Measuring Point Light House

Air temperature: 5,5°C
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Wind direction: 269°, W
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