Marine Biogeochemistry

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SUGAR Projekt
(Submarine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs)
1. phase & 2. phase

ECO₂ 
Sub-seabed CO₂ Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems

TRION
"Stable isotopes of strontium as a new proxy for continental weathering, pedogenesis processes and seawater temperature"

since 2013

FOR 1644: Marine carbonate archives: controls on carbonate precipitation and pathways of diagenetic alteration (CHARON), DFG Research Unit

since 2012

MICROBIOIL: Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons in petroleum‐impacted marine sediments, Industry Project (RWE)

SPP 1319: Biological transformations of hydrocarbons without oxygen: from the molecular to the global scale, DFG Priority Programme

Microbial methane consumption in contrasting ocean environments: effects of elevated seepage and geochemical boundary conditions, D-A-CH Project (SNF-Lead)

Bubble Shuttle: Transport of methane-oxidizing microorganisms from the sediment into the water column via gas bubbles, DFG Project

since 2009

UNEP/GRID-Arendal: E-book and book about gas hydrates for public outreach and decision makers. Title: "Frozen Heat - A global outlook on methane gas hydrates"

PERGAMON: Permafrost and gas hydrate related methane releases in the Arctic and impact on climate change, EU-COST Project

2008-2009

West-Nil-Delta-Project: Mud Volcanoes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Industry Project (RWE)

since 2008

SFB 754: Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean, DFG Collaborative Research Centre

since 2007

"The Future Ocean", DFG Cluster of Excellence

SFB 574: Volatiles and Fluids in Subduction Zones: Climate Feedback and Trigger Mechanisms for Natural Disasters, DFG Collaborative Research Centre

2006-2007

Metazoan Life at Extreme Sulfide Concentrations: The Ecology and Evolution of Dorvilleidae at Methane Seeps, NSF Project

2001-2005

MUMM I and II: Methane in Gashydrate Bearing Sediments: Turnover Rates and Microorganisms, BMBF/DFG Project

2004-2005

EXOCET/D: Extreme Ecosystem Studies in the Deep Ocean: Technological Developments, EU Project

2004

METROL: Methane Flux Control in Ocean Margin Systems, EU Project

1998-1999

BIGSET: Biogeochemical Transport of Matter and Energy in the Deep Sea, BMBF Project

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