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Satellite image of the sea surface; the water is dark blue but has a green tinge in places, and a white cloud of vapour is rising from the water
21.05.2026

Possible Eruption of an Underwater Volcano in the Bismarck Sea

GEOMAR Mapping Data Helps Interpret the Event

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The research vessel SONNE in the port of Yokohama, Japan, at night
18.05.2026

Expedition to Hess Rise in the Northwest Pacific Begins

SONNE Expedition SO320/1 Investigates One of the World’s Largest Oceanic Plateaus

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A three-dimensional map of mountains rising out of the sea
01.04.2026

Alchemy in the Earth’s Mantle

Why Subduction Zones act as the Earth’s “Gold Kitchens”

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Blog SONNE expedition SO307

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The official blog of SONNE Expedition SO307 MADAGASCAR/INDICOM. 27.9.2024

 

Background knowledge: Bathymetry

A. Hennke of GEOMAR's Data Science Unit tells the story of how we can map the seafloor and how seafloor morphology affects us. 26 October 2023

 

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Dynamics of the Ocean Floor

  • Head of the Research Unit:

    Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
    Eastshore Campus
    Wischhofstr. 1-3
    D-24148 Kiel
    Germany
    Phone: +49-431 600-2257
    Fax: -49-431 600-2924
    e-mail: cdevey(at)geomar.de

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    Sandra Spahl
    Phone: +49-431-600-2256
    e-mail: sspahl(at)geomar.de

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